"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."
-Edward Hopper
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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.“
-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."
-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."
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"My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature."
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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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