Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life. – Edvard Munch
I 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 Munch
I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. – Edvard Munch
Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of the soul. – Edvard Munch
Jews have a special relationship to books, and the Haggadah has been translated more widely, and reprinted more often, than any other Jewish book. It is not a work of history or philosophy, not a prayer book, users manual, timeline, poem or palimpsest – and yet it is all these things. – Jonathan Safran Foer