“This volume brings together essays, letters, dramas, and poems which reveal the full depth of thought of Klee, Kirchner, Kokoschka, Kandinsky, Beckmann, and twelve other Expressionist artists. Some selections illuminate the artist’s feelings about his work, as in Max Beckmann’s pronouncement: “… I paint to develop my style in term of deep space, something which …penetrate into the very core of nature and the spirit of things.” Others, such as Franz Marc’s “In war’s Purifying Fire,” illustrate the artist’s involvement in events taking place around him.” -- Cubierta posterior