Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.
EDVARD MUNCH- But can they great works get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.
EDVARD MUNCH
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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.
More Edvard Munch Quotes
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Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.
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Colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.
EDVARD MUNCHColors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.
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A work of art comes only from inside a human being.
EDVARD MUNCHA work of art comes only from inside a human being.
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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 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.
EDVARD MUNCHThe 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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Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.
EDVARD MUNCHDisease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.
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And I would often wake up at night and stare widely into the room: Am I in Hell?
EDVARD MUNCHAnd I would often wake up at night and stare widely into the room: Am I in Hell?
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A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.
EDVARD MUNCHA person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.
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This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer’s art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution.
EDVARD MUNCHThis kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer’s art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution.
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It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.
EDVARD MUNCHIt is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.
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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.
EDVARD MUNCHFor 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 should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available.
EDVARD MUNCHI 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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It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.
EDVARD MUNCHIt 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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One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor.
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Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?
EDVARD MUNCHOil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?
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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.
EDVARD MUNCHThrough 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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