The camera will never compete with the brush and the palette, until such time as photographs can be taken in Heaven or Hell.
Edvard MunchI build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me.
Edvard MunchI painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw.
Edvard MunchMy breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50...I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.
Edvard MunchMy fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a rudder. My art is grounded in reflections over being different from others. My sufferings are part of my self and my art. They are indistinguishable from me, and their destruction would destroy my art. I want to keep those sufferings
Edvard Munch