I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a... →
Jim Hodges
However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.
I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me.
Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.
There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.
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... →
Howard Hodgkin
I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that... →
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... →
Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of bourgeois morals. But have things... →
Tom Hodgkinson
There's nothing new about anti-work philosophy. History is dotted with individuals and groups who decided that laziness was next to godliness and... →