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Quotes by Jim Hodges - (16 quotes)

Jim Hodges - From the Aging category:

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Change category:

I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on... and the material was the perfect answer for that. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Collaboration category:

It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would transmit it. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Colour category:

Color is an intense experience on its own. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Communication category:

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Creativity category:

I think that some works are more accessible than others. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Emotion category:

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Expression category:

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Interest category:

I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Materials category:

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Meaning category:

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Mirrors category:

When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Pattern category:

I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work... I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Spectator category:

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Subject category:

Landscape is a piece that is emotional and psychological. (Jim Hodges)

Jim Hodges - From the Work category:

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing. (Jim Hodges)