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

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...

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one...

A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one...

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...

In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise...

In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise...

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...

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...

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...

In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick,...

In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick,...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the...

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the...

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which...

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which...

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...

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...

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but...

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but...

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...