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My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms.
Howard Hodgkin
Friends
Writers
I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.
Howard Hodgkin
Artists
Portraits
In the United States there has been a kind of a structure in the Modern art world. The New York School was nearly a coherent thing-for a minute.
Howard Hodgkin
Art
School
states
United
World
In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.
Howard Hodgkin
Thought
England
Worry
I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.
Howard Hodgkin
Work
Artist
Criticism
Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten.
Howard Hodgkin
Saying
I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient.
Howard Hodgkin
Self
Want