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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

Other quotes by Edward Hopper

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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Art
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Edward Hopper
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Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and natures phenomena before it can again become great. – Edward Hopper

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Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough. – Donna Brazile

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Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. – George Henry Lewes

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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. – L. Frank Baum

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Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists – with it all things are possible. – Ida Tarbell

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