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Edvard Munch Quotes

Edvard Munch quotes

Norwegian Artist December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944

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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
This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer's art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a..."
When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "A person himself believes that all the other portraits are..."
A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the..."
I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw. Edvard Munch
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
Edvard Munch quote: "The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until..."
The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and..."
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the..."
The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men. Edvard Munch
To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in a cellar. One is abandoned by all. They have slammed the door and are gone. One does not see anything and notices only the damp smell of putrefaction. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested..."
In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color. Edvard Munch
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
Edvard Munch quote: "One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the..."
One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship..."
Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder. Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch quote: "I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in..."
I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. Edvard Munch

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