"Works of art" which cannot be understood in themselves but, for the justification of their existence, need those bombastic instructions for their use, finally reaching that intimidated soul, who is patiently willing to accept such stupid or impertinent nonsense—these works of art from now on will no longer find their way to the German people.
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Speech inaugurating the first Great German Art Exhibition on July 18, 1937, translated by Ilse Falk and quoted in Herschel B. Chipp, Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics (University of California Press, 1968), p. 479