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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.

Edvard Munch

Colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.
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Canvas Color Live
A work of art comes only from inside a human being.
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Art Human Work
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
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Flower Forever Growth Myself
And I would often wake up at night and stare widely into the room: Am I in Hell?
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Hell Myself Room Stare Wake Up
Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.
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Boat Disease Fear Life Myself
My will exceeds my talents.
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Inspirational Talent Willing
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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Anxiety Art Expression Feeling Remember Suffering
It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.
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Art Better Goodness Painting
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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Childhood Feeling Hang Head Punishment
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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Art Life Meaning Myself Reflection
I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.
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Myself Paint See
Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.
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Painting People Prosperity Talent Youth
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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Painting Removal Understand View
Anybody who perceives colors can become a painter. It’s simply a question of whether or not one has felt anything and whether one has the courage to recount the things one has felt.
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Color Courage Feeling Oneself Paint Simplicity
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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Architecture Frame Intention Room
Certainly a chair can be just as interesting as a human being. But first the chair must be perceived by a human being… You should not paint the chair, but only what someone has felt about it.
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Feeling Human Interest Painting Yourself

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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