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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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There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions. – 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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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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Ive made movies that I thought were good. Ive made movies that I thought were okay, but then I was very good. And sometimes youre in a movie and you think, I wish more people saw that – because youre good. And it just works out that the movie gets lost. But thats show business. – Christopher Walken

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Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness. – Anthea Turner

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