Edward Hopper Quote

It seemed awful crude and raw here when I got back [after his return from his third and last trip to Europe, in 1910]. It took me ten years to get over Europe.

In a letter to his mother, c. 1910; as quoted in "Edward Hopper", Gail Levin, Bonfini Press, Switzerland 1984, p. 27 - 1905 – 1910 (Travel)