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If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: County Done Energy Had Over Would

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If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: Allow Any Later Necessary Needs Picture Restoring

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In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: Art Concern Innovations Itself Limited Modern Modern Art Most Only Period Seem Sense Technical Would

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It's 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 that's my method.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: Adding Almost Along Any Becomes Business Canvas Directly Funny Go Help Little Medium Method Oil Paint Possibly Pure Start Until Use Were Without I Can

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More of me comes out when I improvise.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: Improvise Me More Out

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Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: Again Become Before Deal Fully Great Less Life More Nature Painting Phenomena Will

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The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: Art Nationality Perhaps Question Value

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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

Topics: Accidents Again Attempt Basic Capable Grasp Humility Intimate Moods More Nature Part Reactions Renewed Still Study Surprise Sympathetic Think Together Will Wonder I Think

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Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: Aesthetic Always Approaching Been Big Big City City Describe Entirely Exactly Human Interested Nothing Perhaps Sensations Train Well

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: July 22nd, 1882

Died: May 15th, 1967

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