Howard Hodgkin Quotes

A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.

Howard Hodgkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 6, 1932

Topics

EnergyThinkToo MuchUpOwnBeen

I am convinced that people with such wounds will be quite ready to co-operate in a safe and painless experiment in the interests of humanity as a whole.

Robert Barany

I AmPeopleHumanityReadyWill

The first time I saw the Dutch character known as Black Pete, or Zwarte Piet, my heart sank, and I felt a little nauseated.

Roger Ross Williams

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The reason why I'm not a pop star is I would have hated it. I'll stick to being an artist. I'm not trying not to be commercial; I am just doing what I do. I have finely tuned tastes, and that gets prioritized above everything else. That's just how it is.

Roisin Murphy

I AmDoingTryingArtistWhyReason

One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting to me to try and follow how other people, real or imaginary, would deal with problems, because I was trying to deal with my own problems.

Michael Shannon

LifePeopleMeProblemsInteresting

Absolutely, 'Rabbit Hole' gave me a nice first introduction into film acting.

Miles Teller

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For far too long, America has been without a comprehensive energy plan, and today consumers are paying the price - literally - at the pump and in their heating bills.

Chris Chocola

TodayEnergyAmericaPlanLongBeen

I was very young, but I just remember going to school every day in England, which I didn't enjoy. Every day, as soon as the bell would ring, we would go out and be on this little - it looked like a basketball court, but it was a soccer court with goals and a hard floor.

Christian Pulisic

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We are all unappealing. It is just a matter of how much we let people see it.

Claire Messud

PeopleMatterSeeJustMuchHow

I quite enjoy fame, especially when you go to conventions in America where they treat you like a god with stretch limos and the whole fame thing, but then when you come back to Britain, you end up changing in a toilet in a theatre off West End and that's really good, because that is what it's about.

Sylvester McCoy

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In our first decade, I interviewed about five thousand people in pursuit of the talent that would create our future. As our success grew, we became known across the four corners of finance not just for our outstanding returns, but also for our outstanding people.

Kenneth C. Griffin

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I'm always interested in contemporary fiction.

Kenneth Branagh

AlwaysFictionInterested

With 'Location' and all the other songs around it, my music turned into therapy for others. And that's something I really love and am blown away by.

Khalid

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