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> [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 the fence – there was blood and tongues of fire above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/i-was-walking-along-a-path-with-two-friends-the-sun-was-setting/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

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## More by Edvard Munch

> [When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/when-i-paint-i-never-think-of-selling-people-simply-fail-to/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [For as long as I can remember I have suffered from a deep feeling of anxiety which I have tried to express in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/for-as-long-as-i-can-remember-i-have-suffered-from-a-deep-feeling-of/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories - those with talent are fed in at one end, and they come out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/the-academies-of-art-are-nothing-but-great-painting-factories-those/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [I was walking along a road one evening – on one side lay the city, and below me was the fjord. The sun went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/i-was-walking-along-a-road-one-evening-on-one-side-lay-the-city-and/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [I was walking along the road with two friends. The sun set. I felt a tinge of melancholy. Suddenly the sky became a bloody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/i-was-walking-along-the-road-with-two-friends-the-sun-set-i-felt-a/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/the-notes-i-have-made-are-not-a-diary-in-the-ordinary-sense-but/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [A work of art comes only from inside a human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/a-work-of-art-comes-only-from-inside-a-human-being/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [I sense a scream passing through nature. I painted ... the clouds as actual blood. The colour shrieked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/i-sense-a-scream-passing-through-nature-i-painted-the-clouds-as/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/youth-must-go-ahead-and-prosper-these-young-painters-are-all-very/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [ But can they \[great works\] get rid of the worm that lies gnawing at the roots of my heart? No, never. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/but-can-they-great-works-get-rid-of-the-worm-that-lies-gnawing-at-the/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/my-fear-of-life-is-necessary-to-me-as-is-my-illness-without-anxiety/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [It would be quite amusing to preach a bit to all those people who for many years now have been looking at our paintings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/it-would-be-quite-amusing-to-preach-a-bit-to-all-those-people-who-for/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/the-viewers-must-come-to-understand-the-sacredness-of-painting-so/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [The way one sees is also dependent upon one's emotional state of mind. This is why a motif can be looked at in so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/the-way-one-sees-is-also-dependent-upon-one-s-emotional-state-of-mind/)

[Edvard Munch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edvard-munch/)

> [It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edvard-munch/it-is-better-to-have-a-good-painting-with-ten-holes-than-ten-bad/)

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