I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

My breakthrough came very late in life, really only starting when I was 50...I had the strength for new deeds and ideas.

I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available.

I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw.

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.

I was walking along a path with two friends - the sun was setting - suddenly the sky turned blood red - I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence - there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city - my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety - and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature.