“Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.”
Letter (5–6 January 1932); published in Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters 1917–1961 (1981) edited by Carlos Baker
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“Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.”
“Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.”
Source: Wall and Piece

1941 - 1967
Source: 'Oral history interview with Edward Hopper' (1959, June 17), conducted by John Morse; 'Archives of American Art', Smithsonian Institution
quote about 'light' paintings
1960s, Interview with Barbara Rose', Archives - American Art, 1968

“A small man always has one weapon he can use against a great big man: he can "talk" about him.”
Country Town Sayings (1911), p298.

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