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Jim Hodges

"Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality."

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"Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality."

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"I thought of writing a summary about you, but when I finished it was a book."

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"A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to accept, but in his book or his picture the real man delivers himself defenceless. No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind. No one can produce the most casual work without disclosing the innermost secrets of his soul."

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"I'm fulfilling my calling when I raise my voice high."

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"Smiling and Expressions of Emotion. A genuine smile is inviting, contagious, and encouraging. People do read a book by its cover and your expressions provide a glimpse for what they'll find inside."

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"It's not really outstanding when you're standing outOutcry is the only outburst,if you can't shout."

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"Smiling is one of your most powerful non-verbal behaviors. People do read a book by its cover and these expressions provide glimpses into what they will find inside."

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"Her mouth was wide; no rosebud that could only open just enough to let out a 'yes' and 'no', and 'an't please you, sir'."

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"How pathetic it is to describe these things which can't truly be described."

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"I like good strong words that mean something."

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"Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer."

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"Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing."
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"However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it."
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"I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me."
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"When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting."
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"But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion."
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"For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?"
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"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."
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"I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time."
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"I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references."
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"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."
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