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They [his early Paris sketches, of circa 1910] are in a high key, somewhat like impressionism or a modified impressionism. I think I'm still an impressionist.

— Edward Hopper

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It is a woman looking out to see if the weather is good enough to hang out her wash.

Recognition does not mean so much, you never get it when you need it.

It takes a long time for an idea to strike.

Originality is neither a matter of inventiveness nor method, it is the essence of personality.

All I ever wanted to do is to paint sunlight on the side of a wall.

Comment on his 'Early Sunday Morning (1930)

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