"No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.“

-Edvard Munch

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"No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love."

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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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"Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul."

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"I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell."

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

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