Ernst Barlach

"As the misfortune befell in November [1918], I threw myself into the woodcut.. .It is a technique that provokes one to confession, to the unmistakable statement of what one finally means. It, or far more she, enforces a certain general validity of expression.. .I have finished a number of large woodcuts that deal with all of the distress of the times."

"Ein Weg braucht kein Wohin, es genügt ein Woher."

"Die Zeiten sind in uns und nicht wir in ihnen."