Edvard Munch

Artist

1863-12-12 – 1944-01-23

Books by Edvard Munch

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My whole life has been spent walking by the side of a bottomless chasm, jumping from stone to stone. Sometimes I try to leave my narrow path and join the swirling mainstream of life, but I always find myself drawn inexorably back towards the chasm's edge, and there I shall walk until the day I finally fall into the abyss.
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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.
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From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.
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My whole life has been spent walking by the side of a bottomless chasm, jumping from stone to stone. Sometimes I try to leave my narrow path and join the swirling mainstream of life, but I always find myself drawn inexorably back towards the chasm's edge, and there I shall walk until the day I finally fall into the abyss.
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The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.
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It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.
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Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.
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Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.
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Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
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