Edward Hopper
Artist
1882-07-22
Books by Edward Hopper
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The fire on the hearth in Sleepy Hollow
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The Dutch pilgrim fathers
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Quotes by Edward Hopper
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The only real influence I've ever had is myself.
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More of me comes out when I improvise.
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No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
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Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
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If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.
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Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
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No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
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The only real influence I've ever had is myself.
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If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.
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More of me comes out when I improvise.
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Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
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What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
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There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.
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There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.
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The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.
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I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.
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After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.
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