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

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You cant get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good. – Jerry West

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The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. – Thomas Aquinas

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Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness. – Samuel Butler

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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. – Earl Nightingale

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