artist of the day

edward hopper was an american painter who greatly influenced the pop art and new realist painters of the 60's and 70's. his most famous work is "nighthawks". in this 1942 cafe scene, he simply depicted a pre-cell-phone american society in which there were still moments of silence. two quotes by hopper i find quaint yet profound at the same time . . . "if you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint" and "great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world".