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

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

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More of me comes out when I improvise.

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

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

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result ...

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

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.

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Edward Hopper

Painter

Born: 1882-07-22

Died: 1967-05-15

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American Realist painter, best remembered for his eerily realistic depictions of solitude in contemporary American life. Sales of his prolific output were managed by his wife Josephine Hopper.More