Edward Hopper

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

Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

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.

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

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