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

Quote by Edward Hopper

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Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all,...

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all,...

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

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

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

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

Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I...

Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I...

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

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

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

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

There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of...

There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most...

Nature not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the...

Nature not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the...

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from...

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from...

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you...

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer's pride.

How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer's pride.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

The true lover of Mother Nature is highly likely to be a good-natured person.

The true lover of Mother Nature is highly likely to be a good-natured person.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could...

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could...