A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.
Howard HodgkinI find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.
Howard HodgkinI 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