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
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
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. – Edward Hopper
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
Unlike some of the time-travel movies I love, like Primer or 12 Monkeys, Looper is not about time travel. Its about this situation that time travel creates and the people dealing with that situation. So narratively, the big challenge was to have time travel get out of the way. – Rian Johnson