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

Quote by Edvard Munch

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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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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 find it difficult to imagine an afterlife, such as Christians, or at any rate...

I find it difficult to imagine an afterlife, such as Christians, or at any rate...

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...

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...

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...

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I...

I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening...

Her life improved dramatically when she decided to break the rules and find beauty where...

Her life improved dramatically when she decided to break the rules and find beauty where...

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar...

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar...

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always...

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...