Edward Hopper

“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.”

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

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

“If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county.”

“If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.”

“I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.”

“Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”