It is true that the Impressionists perhaps gave a more faithful representation of nature through their discoveries in out-of-door painting. But that they increased their statute as artists by so doing is controversial.... If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.


'Notes on Painting - Edward Hopper (1933)

Edward Hopper Quotes

It is true that the Impressionists perhaps gave a more faithful representation of nature through their discoveries in out-of-door painting. But that...

It is true that the Impressionists perhaps gave a more faithful representation of nature through their discoveries in out-of-door painting. But that...

It is true that the Impressionists perhaps gave a more faithful representation of nature through their discoveries in out-of-door painting. But that...

It is true that the Impressionists perhaps gave a more faithful representation of nature through their discoveries in out-of-door painting. But that...