Imagination.

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. No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
- Edward Hopper

Hopper, Cobb's Barn and Distant Houses, 1930


Hopper, Cobb's Barn, South Truro, 1930


Hopper, Roofs of the Cobb Barns, 1933