Quote #12
The man's the work. Something doesn't come out of nothing.
More from Edward Hopper
- Unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city.
- I am interested primarily in the vast field of experience and sensation.
- No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
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- Maybe I am slightly inhuman ... all I ever wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
- Hopper is simply a bad painter, but if he were a better one, he would probably not be such a great artist.
- Whom did I meet? Nobody. I'd heard of Gertrude Stein, but I don't remember having heard of Picasso at all. I used to go to the cafes at nig…
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