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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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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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Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and natures phenomena before it can again become great. – Edward Hopper

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The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. – Edward Hopper

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My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything. – Lee Atwater

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We all need to look into the dark side of our nature – thats where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us were busy denying. – Sue Grafton

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