Quote by Edward Hopper
Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life

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

Other quotes by Edward Hopper

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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Nature
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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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Art
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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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Other Quotes from
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It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win. – John Paul Jones

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There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature. – Stephen Hawking

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Nature

Adults are always so busy with the dull and dusty affairs of life which have nothing to do with grass, trees, and running streams. – The Little Grey Men by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford), 1942

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Nature

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world. – Georges Simenon

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Nature

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Just about every childrens book in my local bookstore has an animal for its hero. But then, only a few feet away in the cookbook section, just about every cookbook includes recipes for cooking animals. Is there a more illuminating illustration of our paradoxical relationship with the nonhuman world? – Jonathan Safran Foer

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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. – Chinese Proverb

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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. – Barry Commoner

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environmental

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law. – Gloria Naylor

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