. . . you have done a braver thing
Than all the Worthies did;
And a braver thence will spring,
Which is, to keepe that hid.

—JOHN DONNE, “The Undertaking”

 

 

In Hopper’s paintings there is a lot of waiting going on . . . They are like characters whose parts have deserted them and now, trapped in the space of their waiting, must keep themselves company.

—MARK STRAND, Hopper