Edward Hopper's Quote - Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life

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

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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I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it. – 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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