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Art Quotes by Edward Hopper
- So many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.
- The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.
- 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…
- If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
- 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…
- No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
- In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
- In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.
- 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…
- If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
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