Quote by Edward Hopper
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription po

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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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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We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. – Desmond Tutu

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Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. – Rachel Carson

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