Clergyman's

..the unrelenting Berlin forced each one of us to struggle through on the most individual paths, so that our communal living fell apart. In addition, the knowledge of the individual members had developed so far that the individual form differed, although the overall goal of the group remained the same.
- Max Pechstein

It was and still is fundamental: to begin the work with the same tools with which it will be ended, without making a preliminary drawing. on the wood, stone, or metal. Sketches and drawings done in advance clarify the intention, and with it ready in the head, the requisite tool realizes the idea.
- Max Pechstein

We desire to achieve to the socialist republic not only the recovery of the conditions of art, but also the beginning of a unified artistic area for our time.
- Max Pechstein

Now I drew as wildly during my tramps as I has fought before.
- Max Pechstein