Edvard Munch
Quotes by Edvard Munch
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 Munch
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
— Edvard Munch
Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.
— Edvard Munch
Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.
— Edvard Munch
I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.
— Edvard Munch
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
— Edvard Munch
Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
— Edvard Munch
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.
— Edvard Munch