Edward Hopper

“Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.”

“I am interested in the vastness and the loneliness of the country and the village not far from the city.”

“There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.”

“If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.”

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

“What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.”

“The loneliness thing is overdone.”

“The whole answer is there on the canvas.”

“The only real influence I've ever had was myself.”

“It takes a long time for an idea to strike. Then I have to think about it for a long time.”

“My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impressions of nature.”

“The man's the work. Something doesn't come out of nothing.”