I don't make political work. I don't make work that criticises the state. I make as human work as I can. Gary Hume criticisehumanmake Change image and share on social
I think Picasso is more feminine than Matisse. Gary Hume femininematissepicasso Change image and share on social
My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure. Gary Hume artistbreakdesire Change image and share on social
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 durationeasyenvisage share on social
I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle. Gary Hume annualbluebellcountryside Change image and share on social
I don't vote. I voted Labour once, in that moment of euphoria. I know that if people only made a voice for change, then change will happen, but I'm not that person. I'm painting pictures. Gary Hume changeeuphoriahappen Change image and share on social
One drawing demands to become a painting, so I start to work on that, and then the painting might demand something else. Then the painting might say, 'I want a companion, and the companion should be like this,' so I have to find that, either by drawing it myself or locating the image. Gary Hume companiondemanddraw share on social
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 informminepaint Change image and share on social
I lived on nothing for years - squatted where I lived and where I worked, stole electricity, made things from stuff I found in skips, used paper that had been discarded - you do everything you can do to keep going and not have to get a job. Gary Hume discardelectricityfind share on social
If I'm feeling desperate, I'll go out image-hunting. I'll go to news agents and stand at the rack flicking through magazines or go to second-hand bookshops. And then, bit by bit, like concrete poetry, I start to realise that I am drawn to particular things, and then I start wondering why that is. Gary Hume agentbitebookshop share on social