Gary Hume Quotes

United Kingdom, Painter
May 9, 1962

Gary Stewart Hume (born 9 May 1962) is an English artist. Hume's work is strongly identified with the YBA artists who came to prominence in the early 1990s. Hume lives and works in London and Accord, New York.

Also known as Sculptor, Artist

I have to go with what the painting says to me. The painting is always informing me. I'm its servant; it's not mine. I'm doing what it wants.

Gary Hume
- Me
- Painting
- Doing
I got a job as an assistant film editor, which lasted for a few years, but I found writing incredibly difficult, and I thought, 'How am I going to make a film if I can't write?' I didn't really comprehend that someone else would do that bit.

Gary Hume
- Writing
- Job
- Thought

Sometimes I can see the whole painting from the outset in my mind's eye. But more often than not, that idea doesn't last the duration of the painting. Sometimes it comes out easy, just as I had envisaged. But that is reasonably rare.

Gary Hume
- Mind
- Eye
- Painting
The disenfranchised should be going to art school - not the franchised.

Gary Hume
- School
- Art
- Going
I'm probably creative for half an hour a day. The rest of the time, I'm just doing what's necessary to make that creativity visible.

Gary Hume
- Time
- Day
- Rest
The Doors are perfect paintings; a relief from the picture world I’ve created for myself.

Gary Hume
- World
- Perfect
- Picture
Over the years, my 'Door' paintings have become somewhat mythologized.

Gary Hume
- Years
- Door
- Become