“ My whole life has been spent walking by the side of a bottomless chasm, jumping from stone to stone. Sometimes I try to leave my narrow path and join the swirling mainstream of life, but I always find… Edvard Munch
“ Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul. Edvard Munch
“ Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life. Edvard Munch
“ I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw. 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
“ The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men. 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
“ 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
“ Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life. Edvard Munch
“ Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light. Edvard Munch
