Quote by Edvard Munch

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening fruit, gently part as if in pain. It is the smile of a corpse. Now the hand of death touches life. The chain is forged that links the thousand families that are dead to the thousand generations to come.

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your li

Summary

This quote depicts the power and inevitability of death. The imagery of a beautiful face and red lips turning into a smile of a corpse symbolizes the paradoxical nature of life and death. It emphasizes that death is an integral part of life's cycle, as each generation ultimately faces its own mortality. The mention of the chain signifies the interconnectedness of all human beings, past, present, and future, highlighting the universal experience of facing death.

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Life Death Beauty Pain

By Edvard Munch

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