Quote by Edward Hopper
In general it can be said that a nations art is greatest when it m

In general it can be said that a nations art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. – 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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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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Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. – Jean Rostand

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A mans work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. – Albert Camus

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Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics arent necessarily more high-minded than gallerists. – Jerry Saltz

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Perfection in art, as often in life, is better captured by eraser than pencil. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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