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title: "1 Vision Work Quotes By Edward Hopper"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/i-find-in-working-always-the-disturbing-intrusion-of-elements-not-a/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

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## More by Edward Hopper

> [I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/i-find-in-working-always-the-disturbing-intrusion-of-elements-not-a/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/i-find-linseed-oil-and-white-lead-the-most-satisfactory-mediums/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/there-is-a-sort-of-elation-about-sunlight-on-the-upper-part-of-a-house/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/no-amount-of-skillful-invention-can-replace-the-essential-element-of/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/my-aim-in-painting-has-always-been-the-most-exact-transcription/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/the-only-quality-that-endures-in-art-is-a-personal-vision-of-the/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/yes-linseed-oil-i-used-to-use-poppy-oil-but-i-have-heard-that-poppy/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/i-use-a-retouching-varnish-which-is-made-in-france-libert-and-that-s/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/the-trend-in-some-of-the-contemporary-movements-in-art-but-by-no/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [The only real influence I've ever had was myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/the-only-real-influence-i-ve-ever-had-was-myself/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/if-i-had-the-energy-i-would-have-done-it-all-over-the-county/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/the-question-of-the-value-of-nationality-in-art-is-perhaps-unsolvable/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/if-you-could-say-it-in-words-there-would-be-no-reason-to-paint/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/i-think-that-zinc-white-has-a-property-of-scaling-and-cracking/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

> [In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hopper/in-its-most-limited-sense-modern-art-would-seem-to-concern-itself/)

[Edward Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hopper/)

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