Art and Words

Compartment C • Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper was a keen observer of the everyday, which he transformed through his imagination into works of art that bear his signature tense, enigmatic atmospheres. A reflective and individualistic man, he was deeply attuned to the relationship of the self to the world, and his works increasingly focused on the psychological realities of his subjects. Hopper was frequently inspired by the two locations in which he spent most of his time: downtown New York, where he lived and worked in the same apartment on Washington Square from 1913 until his death in 1967; and Cape Cod, where, beginning in 1934, he maintained a second home and studio.

"Think of the pleasure of taking down your well-thumbed Treasure Island. You meant to read just a little but you got to the place where Black Hill comes tapping down the highway, each tap striking terror deeper into the heart of the trembling boy in the doorway and you were lost in the story with a child hanging over your shoulder breathlessly waiting the next word. A Pleasure shared is a pleasure doubled when it comes to sharing the books of your boyhood with your lad."

~ Angelo Patri

🌞Digital Art • Summer Reading, 1968, Ireland • Jeff Stanford

"Once upon a time, there was a reader, curious about the story inside a book. Once upon a time there was a book, curious about the eyes of the reader. Once upon the time a story of one. Once upon a time the story of another. But because someone had to give a twist, the book grew up and began the first chapter. Book always surrender; it's not the way they capitulate."

~ Rita Apoena, Portuguese Poet

🌸 Illustration • Reader • 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐭

“𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞.”

~ 𝐍𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐛 𝐍𝐲𝐞

"Sleep is good, he said, and books are better." ~ George R.R. Martin

📘"Reader" Illustration by Nguyen Thanh Nhàn

"Stories have endless possibilities and can take you any place your heart dreams of going."

~ Unknown

🖌️Painting • The Secret Garden• Loetitia Pillault