I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds.
Edward Hopper
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- 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.
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