Edward Hopper

I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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

— Edward Hopper

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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

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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

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

— Edward Hopper

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

— Edward Hopper

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