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Edvard Munch quotes: My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ... my art gives meaning to my life.

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ... my art gives meaning to my life.

Edvard Munch quotes: It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.

Edvard Munch quotes: The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

Edvard Munch quotes: Photography is an art which touches and grips one's own heart's blood.

Photography is an art which touches and grips one's own heart's blood.

Edvard Munch quotes: All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

Edvard Munch quotes: The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell.

The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell.

Edvard Munch quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.

It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.

Edvard Munch quotes: When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

Edvard Munch quotes: Art comes from joy and pain ... But mostly from pain.

Art comes from joy and pain ... But mostly from pain.

Edvard Munch quotes: But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.

But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.

Edvard Munch quotes: A work of art comes only from inside a human being.

A work of art comes only from inside a human being.

Edvard Munch quotes: I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell.

Edvard Munch quotes: I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw.

I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw.

Edvard Munch quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls.

Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls.

Edvard Munch quotes: What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.

What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives.

Edvard Munch quotes: 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.

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 quotes: In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color.

In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color.

Edvard Munch quotes: Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye ... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye ... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

Edvard Munch quotes: One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor.

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor.

Edvard Munch quotes: The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

Edvard Munch quotes: 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.

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 Munch quotes: The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.

The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to the canvas.

Edvard Munch quotes: There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

Edvard Munch quotes: 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.

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 Munch quotes: I sense a scream passing through nature. I painted ... the clouds as actual blood. The colour shrieked.

I sense a scream passing through nature. I painted ... the clouds as actual blood. The colour shrieked.

Edvard Munch quotes: Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.

Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.

Edvard Munch quotes: Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

Edvard Munch quotes: I don't believe in an art that is not born out of man's need to open his heart.

I don't believe in an art that is not born out of man's need to open his heart.

Edvard Munch quotes: My will exceeds my talents.

My will exceeds my talents.

Edvard Munch quotes: In my art I have tried to explain to myself life and its meaning. I have also tried to help others to clarify their lives.

In my art I have tried to explain to myself life and its meaning. I have also tried to help others to clarify their lives.

Edvard Munch quotes: Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

Edvard Munch quotes: From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.

Edvard Munch quotes: My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50 ... I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.

My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50 ... I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.

Edvard Munch quotes: A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.

Edvard Munch quotes: 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.

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.

Edvard Munch quotes: Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash.

Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash.

Edvard Munch quotes: Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have

Edvard Munch quotes: Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.

Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.

Edvard Munch quotes: Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

Edvard Munch quotes: I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

Edvard Munch quotes: Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.

Edvard Munch quotes: I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart

I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart