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Quote by Edward Hopper
I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not

I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds. – 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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My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. – Edward Hopper

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If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. – Edward Hopper

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