Quotes by : Edward Hopper

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

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

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in....

More of me comes out when I improvise.

I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

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

If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.