Nowhere does one come to know an artist better than in his prints [and] the woodcut is the most graphic of the print processes.

quote of 1921; de:Louis de Marsalle, in 'Uber Kirchners Graphik', Genius 3, no. 2, p. 252; as quoted in 'The Revival of Printmaking in Germany', by I. K. Rigby; in German Expressionist Prints and Drawings - Essays Vol 1.; published by Museum Associates, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California & Prestel-Verlag, Germany, 1986, p. 39

Kirchner expressed the significance of print-making for German Expressionism in general when he wrote this quote