Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.
Edward Hopper

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

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.
Edward Hopper

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.
Edward Hopper

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

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.
Edward Hopper

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.
Edward Hopper

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.
Edward Hopper

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