9 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 on art

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

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

Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.
Edvard Munch on death

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

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 on men

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

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 on peace

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 on women