So much of every art is an expression of the subconscious that it seems to me most of all the important qualities are put there unconsciously, and li… - Edward Hopper

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.

The idea [for his painting 'Room in New York', he painted in 1932] had been in my mind a long time before I painted it. It was suggested by glimpses of lighted interiors seen as I walked along city streets at night, probably near the district where I live [Washington Square, New York] although it’s no particular street or house, but is really a synthesis of many impressions.

Ninety percent of them [artists in general] are forgotten ten minutes after they’re dead.