Howard Hodgkin Looks Quotations

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

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.

In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?