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Quote by Edward Hopper
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no

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 aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature. – Edward Hopper

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