“The essence of art can never change. I'm convinced you can't talk about art. At best, you will have a translation, a poetic paraphrase, & as for that I'll leave that to the poets.”

—  Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Source: New Program - Kunst & Kunstler, Berlin 1914

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