Edvard Munch — "Life is a disease, and death is the only cure."

"I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell."

"I believe that art can heal."

"The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men."

"My father was temperamentally nervous and obsessively religious – to the point of psychoneurosis. From him I inherited the seeds of madness. The angels of fear, sorrow, and death stood by my side sinc…"

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