American - Artist | July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967
I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.
Edward Hopper
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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.
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The only real influence I've ever had was myself.
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I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.
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I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds.
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I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.
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I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me.
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I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.
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I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.
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If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary.
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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.
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In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
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