"We do not want to leave Germany forever. Something I would not be able to manage at all, since my roots sit too deep …"

"At the moment there is a great tendency in painting to discover the 'new' harmony by constructive means whereby the r…"

"Frankly, I think there is something wrong with Jawlensky's dots [in his paintings, then]. Anybody can pick up that st…"

"At an unknown hour, from a source that is still sealed to us, but inexorable, the Work comes into the world. Cold cal…"

"The impressions we receive, which often appear merely chaotic, consist of three elements; the impression of the color…"

"Mystery, speaking through mysteries. Isn't that meaning? Isn't that the conscious or unconsciousnes purpose of the co…"

"Opposites and contradictions, that is our harmony."

"[ Schoenberg's ] music leads us into a realm where musical experience is a matter not of the ear but of the soul alon…"

"In your [ composer Schönberg's ] works, you have realized what I, albeit in uncertain form, have so greatly longed fo…"

"..the works of Mozart. They create a welcome pause amidst the storms of our inner life, a vision of consolation and h…"