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“The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories - those with talent are fed in at one end, and they come out as mechanical painting machines.”

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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“I was walking along the road with two friends. The sun set. I felt a tinge of melancholy. Suddenly the sky became a bloody red... I stood there, trembling with fright. And I felt a loud, unending scream piercing nature.”

Two Felt Fear Sun Sky Walking Red Loud Melancholy Scream Bloody Trembling Fright Unending Piercings Two Friends Sun Set

Author:Edvard Munch

“I have been given a unique role to play on this earth: given to me by a life filled with sickness, ill-starred circumstances and my profession as an artist. It is a life that contains nothing that resembles happiness, and moreover does not even desire happiness.”

Doe Has Beens Play Earth Desire Artist Given Roles Circumstances Unique Filled Ill Profession Sickness

Book:Encounter in Space: Double Images in the Graphic Art of Edvard Munch

Source: Encounter in Space: Double Images in the Graphic Art of Edvard Munch

“Certainly a chair can be just as interesting as a human being. But first the chair must be perceived by a human being... You should not paint the chair, but only what someone has felt about it.”

Should Firsts Humans Felt Interest Human Beings Interesting Paint Chairs

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“Anybody who perceives colors can become a painter. It's simply a question of whether or not one has felt anything and whether one has the courage to recount the things one has felt.”

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“But can they [great works] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never.”

Heart Lying My Heart Roots Worms Great Work

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“I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.”

Knows Stills Clubs Mice Mickey

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“Any number of holier-than-thou honorable realists walk around in the belief that they have accomplished something, simply because they tell you for the hundredth time that a field is green and a red-painted house is painted red.”

House Belief Walks Numbers Fields Red Green Accomplished Realism Honorable Realist Holier Than Thou

Author:Edvard Munch

“And I would often wake up at night and stare widely into the room: Am I in Hell?”

Night Rooms Hell Wake Up Staring

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“Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls.”

Trying Humans Soul Research Corpses Anatomy Leonardo

Book:Edvard Munch: The Man and the Artist

Source: Edvard Munch: The Man and the Artist

“My will exceeds my talents.”

Author:Edvard Munch