Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life. Edvard Munch angelcradledeath Change image and share on social
By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in The Frieze of Life. Edvard Munch colorformfrieze Change image and share on social
Painting picture by picture, I followed the impressions my eye took in at heightened moments. I painted only memories, adding nothing, no details that I did not see. Hence the simplicity of the paintings, their emptiness. Edvard Munch adddetailemptiness share on social
Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash. Edvard Munch clashcolorreconcile Change image and share on social
Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder. Edvard Munch anxietyillnessrudder Change image and share on social
Oil-painting is a developed technique. Why go backwards? Edvard Munch backwardsdevelopoil Change image and share on social
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. Edvard Munch bodyeternityflower Change image and share on social
I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell. Edvard Munch afterlifeawaitchild Change image and share on social
Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light. Edvard Munch colordarkdeath Change image and share on social
For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my art. Edvard Munch anxietyartdeep Change image and share on social
