Edward Hopper Quotes

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

Edward Hopper

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967

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It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

Joel Osteen

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You hear a lot of writers talk like writing is therapy or some kind of magic art, but it's a business.

Robert Ben Garant

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I'm always calling my doctor because I'm constantly injuring myself while on the road, like tearing a ligament, blasting my ears or losing my voice. Plus, I'm a total hypochondriac.

Mika

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Ultimately, jokes are this really special thing that we can all share. It's exciting to have basically a thousand people in a room together that can laugh at the same time, but I think of it almost as, like, a religious experience.

Mike Birbiglia

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I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing about other people that they would be uncomfortable with. I didn't want to make people angry - that's a real risk.

Mike Birbiglia

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One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

Mike Figgis

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I swim a lot, almost every day. I just go out to the beach by my place in Malibu and jump into the ocean.

Michael Madsen

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If you're going to be an entrepreneur, most likely you're going to be Type A - stubborn.

Julia Hartz

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Find the autonomy in your work. Autonomy is key to feeling good about the work you do, no matter what kind of work it is.

Jean Chatzky

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Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised.

Christopher Guest

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If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.

Brad Sherman

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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

William Hazlitt

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