Famous Quotes

"In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people."

Edward Hopper on Art

More quotes about Art

• "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist."

  Albert Einstein on Art

• "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

  Vincent Van Gogh on Art

• "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

  Abraham Lincoln on Art

• "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

  Aristotle on Art

• "A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

  Oscar Wilde on Art

More quotes by Edward Hopper

• "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."

• "In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period."

• "The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable."

• "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."

• "It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method."