A work of art comes only from inside a human being.
EDVARD MUNCHNature is not only all that is visible to the eye. it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
More Edvard Munch Quotes
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One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor.
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When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.
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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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Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.
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A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.
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My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50. I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.
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The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose.
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Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.
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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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The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.
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I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me.
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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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My will exceeds my talents.
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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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Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.
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