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

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...

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...

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint...

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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.

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...

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards?

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...