Quote by Edward Hopper
Its to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as

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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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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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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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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