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Quote by Edvard Munch

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

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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“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.”

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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.”

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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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“I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell.”

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“My father was temperamentally nervous and obsessively religious—to the point of psychoneurosis. From him I inherited the seeds of madness. The angels of fear, sorrow, and death stood by my side since the day I was born.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Paintings of Edvard Munch (Illustrated)

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“I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.”

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“I was walking along a road one evening – on one side lay the city, and below me was the fjord. The sun went down – the clouds were stained red, as if with blood. I felt as though the whole of nature was screaming – it seemed as though I could hear a scream. I painted that picture, painting the clouds like real blood. The colours screamed.”

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Book:Much: catàleg de l'exposició 1863-1944 : 27 de gener-22 de març, 1987

Source: Much: catàleg de l'exposició 1863-1944 : 27 de gener-22 de març, 1987