The way one sees is also dependent upon one’s emotional state of mind. This is why a motif can be looked at in so many ways, and this is what makes art so interesting.
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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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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A work of art comes only from inside a human being.
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There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.
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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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Any number of holier-than-thou honorable realists walk around in the belief that they have accomplished something, simply because they tell you for the hundredth time that a field is green and a red-painted house is painted red.
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When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.
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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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What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.
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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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Art comes from joy and pain, But mostly from pain.
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Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye. it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
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I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.
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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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Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.
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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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