It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost … - Edward Hopper

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I grew up in a family that believed love was at work in the world. I guess that's a religious idea, though of course it needn't be.

Edward Hopper

It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method.

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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.

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

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I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.

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