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

Quote by Edward Hopper

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Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena...

Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena...

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.

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 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...

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...

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

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

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

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 is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons...

Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons...

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the...

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the...

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning...

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning...

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man's papers will...

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

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

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is...

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is...

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of a forest. I,...

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of a forest. I,...

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves

Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves

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...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...