Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.
EDVARD MUNCHIn my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over my head.
More Edvard Munch Quotes
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The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories – those with talent are fed in at one end, and they come out as mechanical painting machines.
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I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw.
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The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.
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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
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Through my art I have tried to explain my life and its meaning. I have also intended to help others to clarify their lives.
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When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves as we strive for greater heights.
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But can they great works get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.
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Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.
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In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over my head.
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It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.
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I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man’s urge to open his heart.
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Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls.
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For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art.
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I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.
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My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? My art gives meaning to my life.
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