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.

Quote by Edvard Munch

Topics: Edvard Munch Quotes

The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly...

The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly...

To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see...

To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see...

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was...

One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was...

By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to...

By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to...

Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments....

Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments....

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have.

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

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

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

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

I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about...

I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about...

Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed...

Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed...

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is...

This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is...

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of...

For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of...

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven...

I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven...

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for...

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for...

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then...

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then...

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

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

Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash.

Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash.

The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to...

The colors live a remarkable life of their own after they have been applied to...