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“The camera will never compete with the brush and the palette, until such time as photographs can be taken in Heaven or Hell.”

Quote by Edvard Munch

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Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter known for his profound emotional expression and symbolic style. His works often explore themes of human existence, such as anxiety, fear, and love. His most famous work, 'The Scream,' has become a symbol of modern art. more

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“It would be quite amusing to preach a bit to all those people who for many years now have been looking at our paintings and either laughed or shook their heads reproachfully. They do not believe that these impressions, these instant sensations, could contain even the smallest grain of sanity. If a tree is red or blue, or a face is blue or green, they are sure that is insanity.”

People Ifs Years Believe Has Beens Would Be Faces Bits Tree Painting Red Blue Green Impression Insanity Instant Sensations Sanity Laughed Grain Smallest Amusing

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“At different moments you see with different eyes. You see differently in the morning than you do in the evening. In addition, how you see is also dependent on your emotional state. Because of this, a motif can be seen in many different ways, and this is what makes art interesting.”

Way Art Different States Moments Eye Interesting Morning Emotional Evening Different Ways Dependent Motifs

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“When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves as we strive for greater heights.”

People Thinking Order Greater Failing Paint Strive Experiments Selling Height Greater Heights

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

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“Through my art I have tried to explain my life and its meaning. I have also intended to help others to clarify their lives.”

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“I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood stretched over the bluish black fjord. My friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the enormous infinite scream of nature.”

Two Feelings Black Behinds Sun Fire Heard Blood Sky Walking My Friends Red Infinite Tired Tongue Enormous Scream Fence Down The Road Two Friends Sun Set Fjords

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“A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.”

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“Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.”

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“By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in The Frieze of Life.”

Doe Form Lines Color Painting Seeking Mood Vibrate Phonograph

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“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.”

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