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 since the day I was born.
Edvard Munch, Peter Russell (2017). “Delphi Complete Paintings of Edvard Munch (Illustrated)”, p.10, Delphi Classics
