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Edward Hopper Quotes: I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.
         

I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.


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



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No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.



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More of me comes out when I improvise.



The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.

The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.



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It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.



To me the most important thing is the sense of going on. You know how beautiful things are when you're traveling.

To me the most important thing is the sense of going on. You know how beautiful things are when you're traveling.



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In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.



There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.



Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.

Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.





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