"I inherited two of mankind's most frightful enemies - the heritage of consumption and insanity."

"I admire how you let your body and my body die in your love—but you must forgive me if I do not feel the heat of this love in myself."

"To those that labeled his work morose and too unsettling, Munch declared that 'I have tried to understand my life and its significance. I intended to help others do the same about their own lives'."

"The Scream was painted in a time of great emotional turmoil. I was walking along the road at sunset, and the sky turned blood red. I felt an infinite scream pass through nature."

"When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you."