Jim Hodges Quotes & Sayings

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

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

Color is an intense experience on its own. — Jim Hodges

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

There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make. — Jim Hodges

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

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

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

I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. — Jim Hodges

Our assignment comes with the alignment. Too many people look for the assignment without first finding their alignment. — Jim Hodges

I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that. — Jim Hodges

Words can be applied as one might put on a scent, such as perfume. Some scents are so wonderful and others are sickening ... titles can be the same. — Jim Hodges

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

My big concern is keeping people off the highways today, so that we have no further accidents — Jim Hodges

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

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

But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion. — Jim Hodges

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

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to? — Jim Hodges

I'm an average person. — Jim Hodges

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

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

Landscape is a piece that is emotional and psychological. — Jim Hodges

My latest works are these things with light bulbs. — Jim Hodges