Edvard Munch (1863–1944) Norwegian painter and printmaker
N 45, as quoted in Edvard Much – behind the scream, Sue Prideaux; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 35
after 1930
“My afflictions belong to me and my art - they have become one with me. Without illness and anxiety, I would have been a rudderless ship... My art is really a voluntary confession and an attempt to explain to myself my relationship with life - it is, therefore, actually a sort of egoism, but I am constantly hoping that through this I can help others achieve clarity.”
As quoted in 'From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity', Potter P. Emerg Infect Dis, 2011
after 1930
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Marie Bilders-van Bosse (1837–1900) painter from the Netherlands
translation from the original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek
version in original Dutch (citaat uit een brief van Marie Bilders-van Bosse, in het Nederlands:) Ik ben blij dat ik dat artistieke leven in mij heb.. ..[ik ben] een prul op mijn gebied.. ..Ik overschat mijzelven niemendal, en daarom kan ik uit mijn werk [landschap-schilderen] niet dien troost putten die de Grooten op een gebied daaruit halen. En verder! 50 jaar na mijn dood!! Ik heb er om gelachen. Denk je dat ze één jaar daarna nog aan mij zullen denken? Lieve hemel! Nee, dat is mijn minste zorg.
Quote from Marie Bilders-van Bosse in her letter from The Hague, 29 March 1896, to her friend Cornelia M. Beaujon-van Foreest; as cited in Marie Bilders-van Bosse 1837-1900 – Een Leven voor Kunst en Vriendschap, Ingelies Vermeulen & Ton Pelkmans; Kontrast ( ISBN 978-90-78215-54-7), 2008, p. 29
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Malaquías Montoya (1938) American artist
On how he turns toward art to communicate on his behalf in “Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Malaquias Montoya, Renowned Artist” https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2014/01/giving-a-voice-to-the-voiceless-malaquias-montoya-renowned-artist in The Bottom Line (2014 Jan 29)
“I have not been without battle.
Bitter affliction was frequent
Between me and my cousins.”
Taliesin (534–599) Welsh bard
Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), Oh God, the God of Formation
Context: I have not been without battle.
Bitter affliction was frequent
Between me and my cousins.
Frequent trials fell
Between me and my fellow-countrymen.
There was frequent contention
Between me and the wretched.
Edgar Degas (1834–1917) French artist
"The Sensitive Artist" (p. 43)
quote from Degas' letter to a friend; but unknown because Vollard did not want to reveal the name
posthumous quotes, Degas: An Intimate Portrait' (1927)
Edvard Munch (1863–1944) Norwegian painter and printmaker
Quote in Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol and Expression (2001) by Jeffery Howe
after 1930
Vitruvius book De architectura
Introduction, Sec. 4
De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book II
