I was walking along a path with two friends - the sun was setting - suddenly the sky turned blood red - I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on th…

- Edvard Munch

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

- Edvard Munch

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

- Edvard Munch

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

- Edvard Munch

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood.

- Edvard Munch

Art comes from joy and pain...But mostly from pain.

- Edvard Munch

My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a rudder. My art is grounded in reflections ov…

- Edvard Munch

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

- Edvard Munch

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

- Edvard Munch