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The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing. ↗

— Charles Munch

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

— Edvard Munch

#attended #cradle #death #disease #followed

Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#cradle #death #followed #insanity #life

To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in a cellar. One is abandoned by all. They have slammed the door and are gone. One does not see anything and notices only the damp smell of putrefaction. ↗

— Edvard Munch

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I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell. ↗

— Edvard Munch

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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. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#afterlife #children #dangers #early #external

If you think something's funny, go with that. Most comedians pull jokes from a place of honesty. ↗

— Olivia Munn

#funny #go #honesty #jokes #most

Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. "Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and I don't want to offend anyone. But I'm going to be honest. I think you've been going about this all wrong." "I'm offended," Dave told her flatly. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#sarah-dessen #what-happened-to-goodbye #funny

In common with Michelangelo and Rembrandt I am more interested in the line, its rise and fall, than in color. ↗

— Edvard Munch

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In my childhood I always felt that I was treated unjustly, without a mother, sick, and with the threat of punishment in Hell hanging over my head. ↗

— Edvard Munch

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