Wilhelm Lehmbruck

Wilhelm Lehmbruck (January 4 1881 – March 29 1919) was a German sculptor.

Quotes

 * Every work of art must retain something from the first days of creation, something of the smell of earth, or one could even say: something animate.
 * As quoted in The Art of Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1972) by Reinhold Heller


 * Sculpture is the essence of things, the essence of nature, that which is perpetually human.
 * As quoted in Expressionism (2004) by Norbert Wolf and Uta Grosenick, p. 64