Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer. — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner life of a human being is a vast and varied realm and does not concern… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house. — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring. — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use. — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable. — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
