Edvard Munch Quotes

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.”

“I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it.”