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

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

Edvard Munch

Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.

Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.

I sense a scream passing through nature. I painted ... the clouds as actual blood. The colour shrieked.

I sense a scream passing through nature. I painted ... the clouds as actual blood. The colour shrieked.

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

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

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are, my art gives meaning to my life.

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are, my art gives meaning to my life.

A work of art comes only from inside a human being.

A work of art comes only from inside a human being.

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

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

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

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

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

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

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

I love you more than my own skin.

I love you more than my own skin.

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

My painting carries with it the message of pain.

My painting carries with it the message of pain.

I paint flowers to prevent them from dying

I paint flowers to prevent them from dying

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

I had something in my throat. It felt like I had swallowed the whole world.

I had something in my throat. It felt like I had swallowed the whole world.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside.

To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside.