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

Quote by Edvard Munch

Topics: Edvard Munch Quotes

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 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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...