Quote by Edward Hopper
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world. – 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 question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable. – 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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Every artist writes his own autobiography. – Havelock Ellis

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. – Erich Fromm

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