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Quote by Edward Hopper
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element

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

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

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Its to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and thats my method. – Edward Hopper

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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 lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. – Edward Hopper

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Ive been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. Its up to you, the only limit is the imagination. – Steve Lacy

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My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. – Tom Waits

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I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination. – Derek Jacobi

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As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect. – Steve Kanaly

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