Quote by Edward Hopper
If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a

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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In general it can be said that a nations art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. – 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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To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. – Helen Keller

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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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In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. – John Fowles

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The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. – John Milton

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