Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper
Edward Hopperwas a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth22 July 1882
CountryUnited States of America
Edward Hopper quotes about
eye giving perspective
I once got a little camera to use for details of architecture and so forth but the photo was always so different from the perspective the eye gives, I gave it up.
character trying inheritance
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.
artist expression innovation
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.
believe records emotion
I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.
artist painting intimate
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
artist cities bigs
Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.
house elation sunlight
There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.
art character people
In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
real influence
The only real influence I've ever had was myself.
art fun hard-work
So many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.
art aquariums imagination
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
art creative would-be
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
art expression vision
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.
humility artist thinking
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.