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Edward Hopper quotes: 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.

Edward Hopper quotes: Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.

Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.

Edward Hopper quotes: If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county.

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

Edward Hopper quotes: My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

Edward Hopper quotes: I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me.

I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me.

Edward Hopper quotes: If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.

If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.

Edward Hopper quotes: More of me comes out when I improvise.

More of me comes out when I improvise.

Edward Hopper quotes: I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

Edward Hopper quotes: When I don't feel in the mood for painting I go to the movies for a week or more. I go on a regular movie binge!

When I don't feel in the mood for painting I go to the movies for a week or more. I go on a regular movie binge!

Edward Hopper quotes: If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.

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

Edward Hopper quotes: The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

Edward Hopper quotes: So many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.

So many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.

Edward Hopper quotes: I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.

I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.

Edward Hopper quotes: In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

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

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.

Edward Hopper quotes: 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.

Edward Hopper quotes: I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.

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

Edward Hopper quotes: Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

Edward Hopper quotes: 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.

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.

Edward Hopper quotes: What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

Edward Hopper quotes: 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.

Edward Hopper quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The only real influence I've ever had is myself.

The only real influence I've ever had is myself.

Edward Hopper quotes: I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.

I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.

Edward Hopper quotes: No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

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

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

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