Edward Hopper Quotes


What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. Edward Hopper House 114
More of me comes out when I improvise. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 91
If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. Edward Hopper Nature 86
Well, I have a very simple method of painting. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 70
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. Edward Hopper Aim 59
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. Edward Hopper Imagination 58
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 58
I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it. Edward Hopper Trust 50
The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable. Edward Hopper art 47
I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 37
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. Edward Hopper Art 36
In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period. Edward Hopper Art 32
If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county. Edward Hopper Country 31
I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 31
I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 29
Maybe I am not very human – what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 29
There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 29
The only real influence I've ever had was myself. Edward Hopper Influence 28
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. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 28
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. Edward Hopper Uncategorized 26
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. Edward Hopper Art 25

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