“There the telephone is ringing again - the engine, the machines [of the printing company] that call you with their sounds - those people who honor and tease [you] with their orders and admonitions - the chiefs who ask - the bills that have to be paid - the interest that force you to work.”
version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Hendrik Werkman, in het Nederlands): Daar heb je weer de telefoon, de motor de machines [ van de drukkerij] die met hun geluiden je roepen, die mensen die met hun orders en standjes vereeren en plagen, de chefs die vragen, de wissels die betaald moeten worden, de rente die je noodzaakt tot werken.
Quote of Hendrik Werkman, c. 1920's; as cited by Martin Werkman, in Pakketten voor Dames, quoted by Doeke Sijens in H. N. Werkman - Leven & Werk - 1882-1945, ed. A. de Vries, J. van der Spek, D. Sijens, M. Jansen; WBooks, Groninger Museum / Stichting Werkman, 2015 (transl: Fons Heijnsbroek), p. 35
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