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.
From Edward Hopper
More of me comes out when I improvise.
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.
After all, we are not French and never can be, and any attempt to be so is to deny our inheritance and to try to impose upon ourselves a character that can be nothing but a veneer upon the surface.
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.
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.
In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
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