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Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.

'Oral history interview with Edward Hopper' conducted by John Morse, 'Archives of American Art', Smithsonian Institution, June 17, 1959.
Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.