Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Edvard Munch Painter

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Norway
  • Born: Dec 12, 1863
  • Died: Jan 23, 1944

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century. One of his most well-known works is The Scream of 1893.

Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life. death

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. death

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

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul. nature

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

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. art

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love. men & women