Quotes from Edward Hopper

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

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.

More of me comes out when I improvise.

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

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

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