Edvard Munch – 8 Quotes

8 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

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

– Edvard Munch

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

– 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