“one print gets born from the other one, and that is exactly the right thing of it - it keeps the mind ready.”

—  Hendrik Werkman

version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Hendrik Werkman, in het Nederlands): ..de ene druk wordt uit de andere geboren en dat is juist het mooie, dat houdt de geest vaardig.
In a letter to August Henkels, 23 June 1941; as cited 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. 105
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