Edvard Munch

"Memory and imagination are the artist's greatest tools."

"The world will always misunderstand the sensitive soul."

"I chase not beauty but truth, and they are rarely the same thing."

"The scream in nature is part of my being. I can feel the vibrations of it throughout eternity."

"I am my father's son, and I inherit his melancholy and nervousness. I must accept this as my fate and make art from it."

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

"Without anxiety and illness, I am but a ship without a rudder. My demons are my muses."

"I paint my own reality. The reality of my feelings, not the reality of the world."

"Nature is not only all that is worth knowing. It is all that is worth feeling."

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."

"I have often felt that my illness has been the root of my artistic power. Take away my torment and you take away my genius."

"Life is a struggle against despair. One must learn to embrace both the light and shadow."

"I do not believe in the art which is not born of man's desire to open his heart."

"The stronger man is the one who can admit his weakness without shame."

"My life is a sequence of images and sensations. Each moment is both death and rebirth."

"A painter should not paint what he sees, but what he feels."

"I believe that art should come from within. It should be a reflection of one's innermost truth."

"The human body in motion is the most beautiful subject an artist can pursue."

"I am interested in the interior of a person. What lies beneath the surface determines the beauty."

"Death is not the worst evil. The loss of one's purpose is worse."

"I have suffered enough. Now I must create enough to balance the scales."

"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It moves mountains and shapes destinies."

"The artist who cannot create with passion is merely a technician."

"I paint moonlight and inner turmoil with the same brush."

"Anxiety is the price of consciousness in a world of suffering."

"Every work of art is born from a wound that the artist carries."

"The silence between people speaks louder than any words they exchange."

"I have learned that the greatest truths are found in moments of utter despair."

"To create meaningful art, one must be willing to expose one's soul to the world."

"The invisible threads that bind us are stronger than the visible chains that separate us."