About his painting 'Approaching a CityWell' Hopper painted in 1946:

I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics. There is a certain fear and anxiety and a great visual interest in the things that one sees coming into a great city. I think that's about all I can say about it.


In: 'Oral history interview with Edward Hopper' (1959, June 17), conducted by John Morse; 'Archives of American Art', Smithsonian Institution - 1941 - 1967 (Art)

Edward Hopper Quotes

I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps ...

I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps ...

I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps ...

I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps ...