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Ann Sothern's dressing room ... was unbelievably lush and beautiful. More elegant than many homes I've been in. — Hedda Hopper

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

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

I will not take what you need to give me. I will take what you want to give me. — Grace Hopper

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

I guess I'd rather have a truthful neighbor who says he hates me than a lyin' one, who claims he loves me. — David Hopper

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

Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives. — Jeffrey Deitch

And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume. — Hedda Hopper

To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another. — Dennis Hopper

I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space. — Henry Hopper

It is better to beg forgiveness, than ask permission. — Grace Murray Hopper

I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor. — Hedda Hopper

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone. — Hedda Hopper

Too bad I couldn't take Hopper out drinking with me. He could have become Bar Hopper. — Richelle Mead

When we're out of the eighties, the nineties are gonna make the sixties look like the fifties! — Dennis Hopper

Don't break a leg, anyone. Do not break a leg. It's really boring. — Tom Hopper

More of me comes out when I improvise. — Edward Hopper

Like all artists, I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation. — Dennis Hopper

In a world where the dead have returned to life, the word trouble' loses much of its meaning. — Dennis Hopper

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

Dialectic logic is there's only love and hate, you either love somebody or you hate them. — Dennis Hopper

I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people. — Dennis Hopper

The reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in. — Dennis Hopper

Stuart Davis has more to do with what the United States is like than Hopper. — Donald Judd

In Method acting, you can't have preconceived ideas. You have to live in the moment. You have to keep yourself open. — Dennis Hopper

Well, I think there are artists who are more or less contemporary with Hopper who are more relevant. — Donald Judd

He who lives for nothing costs the lives of many, but he who lives for something greater than himself preserves those he loves. — Christopher Hopper

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

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

I'm also inspired by anything that I consider great. It makes me want to raise my game too - Hitchcock movies, Hopper paintings, Springsteen concerts. — Harlan Coben

Books can be shelved or packed away, but little girls shouldn't be. — Janiece Hopper

We're all Dennis Hopper now. — John McWhorter

No matter what you say about the town, and anything you say probably is true, there's never been another like it. — Hedda Hopper

Dancing came easy to me. — Hedda Hopper

For what it's worth, I've been a hip-hopper from birth.
Try to disrespect, and get your ass played up like a Smurf. — Extra P

Art is a bad word in Hollywood. You use art too many times and they show you the elevator and then your name is taken off the parking lot. — Dennis Hopper

You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here. — Dennis Hopper

I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece. — Hedda Hopper

You manage things; you lead people. — Grace Hopper

You had to stand in line to hate him. — Hedda Hopper

By 1940 Grace Hopper was bored. She had no children, her marriage was unexciting, and teaching math was not as fulfilling as she had hoped. — Walter Isaacson

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad. — Henry Hopper

You're very arrogant, Hopper Kincaid."
"Yeah, well, man gets that way when a woman that looks like you comes as hard as I can make you come. — Kristen Ashley

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

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

Generally, I've got to say that all sounds, musics, noises since conception are bound to have influenced me. — Hugh Hopper

In this life you can take poverty, you can take failure, you can take the big things; it's the little griefs that destroy you inside. — Hedda Hopper

The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing. — Marshall McLuhan

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond? — Grace Hopper

In anger, you look ten years older. — Hedda Hopper

I wasn't allowed to speak while my husband was alive, and since he's gone no one has been able to shut me up. — Hedda Hopper

I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a little advance research on the book to come. — Ann Rule

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission — Grace Hopper

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

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

I resisted being an actor for some time. — Henry Hopper

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission. — Grace Hopper

It is easier to apologize than to get permission. — Grace Hopper

We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question. — Grace Hopper

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

In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One. — Hedda Hopper

I invent words you think you've heard - spray hopper or swag beetle. — Jim Crace

...there is a void in my guts which can only be filled by songs. — Jessica Hopper

Is Hopper celebrating with you?"
"Hopper? Why would - " My mouth snapped shut for a few moments. "Oh. I, uh, kind of forgot about him. — Richelle Mead

I'm no mathematician, so I'm stuck with the graphic representations. — Hugh Hopper

While I'm here on this planet, I really want to create art and do creative things. — Henry Hopper

Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems. — Grace Murray Hopper

Utopia has a way of hiding in plain sight. — David Hopper

The Australian fans are really friendly and personable; the sense of humour is a lot less dry than the English. — Tom Hopper

You are the shit, Hopper Kincaid! — Kristen Ashley

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission. — Grace Hopper

People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just wear tight underwear. — Dennis Hopper

Humans are allergic to change. — Grace Hopper

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

About once every six months someone notifies me that Lucy and Desi Arnaz are separating. — Hedda Hopper

I forget I'm on a TV show sometimes. — Tom Hopper

I've never seen a Lindy Hopper who wasn't smiling. It's a happy dance. It makes you feel good. — Frankie Manning

I should have been dead ten times over. I've thought about that a lot. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm still around. — Dennis Hopper

If you want my ghost just say ' We've always done it that way.' and i will haunt you for 24 hours. — Grace Hopper

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that. — Grace Hopper

My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history. — Dennis Hopper

I don't want to be in a movie with 20 minutes of dialogue and then stand around while the robots start explosions. — Henry Hopper

Some adventures should never be repeated. — Mike L. Hopper

Press agent - a man who hitches his braggin' to a star. — Hedda Hopper

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

I think I found that when I was doing a show on a regular basis and just acting constantly, that was when I was at my happiest. — Tom Hopper

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

Seven of those days were pretty good. The eighth day was the bad one. — Dennis Hopper

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light. — Hedda Hopper

From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it. — Grace Hopper

I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle. — Henry Hopper

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. — Grace Hopper

I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?' — Grace Hopper

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

Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds. — Grace Hopper

I was a Shakespearean actor, I had preconceived ideas, line readings - everything was a gesture, everything was conscious. — Dennis Hopper

At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility. — Hedda Hopper

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

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic. — Grace Hopper