"Abstract artists, far removed from this earth, or fugitives from it, sometimes forget that Nolde exists. Nor so I, ev…"

"..The same sense of the.. ..individuality and the nature-given force of a material that led Nolde in his etchings to …"

"In Hamburg, I was not able to find Artin. On the other hand, I did visit a large exhibit of Nolde's work, which left …"

"They [his own fantasies he made in strange pencil drawings then] hover before me now in drifting color, more beautifu…"

"a written note of Nolde, 1903, on the island of Alsen; as quoted by , in Expressionism; Praeger Publishers, New York,…"

"I produce a form, an impression of light, a beauty of tones.. .The etchings are now full of life, an ecstasy, a dance…"

"I had innumerable visions at that time [c. 1903]; wherever I looked, Nature was alive, the sky, the clouds, on every …"

"You speak of errors.. .Men who are so correct and flawless are mostly boring; small weaknesses can be loved.. .One ch…"

"Every true artist creates new values, new beauty.. .When you notice anarchy, recklessness, or licentiousness in works…"

"Therefore etching produces a different result from the ten drawings of the same character.. .[The etchings are] bette…"