"I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits."

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Howard Hodgkin

#Artist Quotes #Portraits Quotes #Envious Quotes

“In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.”
“Visualization. It may be the most important part of your mental package.”
“I always have lipstick, and use the same lipstick for my cheeks as blush, so that it looks very natural. It's a good trick I learned from my mother. I like NYX or MAC because they have a lot of pigment and they're matte.”
“If I was an exceptional human being in Detroit, then I saw no reason why I couldn't be an exceptional human being in Mississippi. In Hattiesburg.”
“It's not about what you're saying, it's about how you listen.”
“Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.”
“Ninety-nine percent of all land animals eaten or used to produce milk and eggs in the United States are factory farmed. So although there are important exceptions, to speak about eating animals today is to speak about factory farming.”
“Every experience, good or bad, is a priceless collector's item.”

Source : Simon & Schuster Interview, www.simonandschuster.com.

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