Edward Hopper

In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period. ”

I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me. ”

Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great. ”

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. ”

I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds. ”

The only real influence I've ever had was myself. ”

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable. ”

It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method. ”

Well, I have a very simple method of painting. ”

What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. ”