Howard Hodgkin Quotes about Painting

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.

Looks, Painting, Surprising

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.

Howard Hodgkin

Back When, Painting, Made

Howard Hodgkin, Enrique Juncosa, Irish Museum of Modern Art (Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland), Tate Britain (Gallery), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2006). “Writers on Howard Hodgkin”, Tate

To be a painter now is to be part of a very small, endangered species.

Howard Hodgkin

Painting, Painter, Endangered Species

It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one.

Howard Hodgkin

Way, Impossible, Painting

I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It's much easier to get near their paintings.

Howard Hodgkin

Artist, Looks, Painting

Howard Hodgkin Quotes about Painting

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