Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.
EDVARD MUNCHThe viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.
More Edvard Munch Quotes
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A work of art can only come from the interior of man. Art is the form of the image formed upon the nerves, heart, brain and eye of man.
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Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the paintings, their emptiness.
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Photography is an art which touches and grips one’s own heart’s blood.
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Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash.
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I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available.
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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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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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There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.
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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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If what you want to paint is the emotive mood in all its strength then you must not sit and stare at everything and depict it exactly as one sees it.
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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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Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.
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In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color.
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Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.
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Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?
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