Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life. – Edvard Munch
Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then 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
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
Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror. – David Herbert Lawrence