With the Mainz Breidenbach we feel that we have passed away from the naive craftsmanship of the earliest illustrated books into a region of conscious art.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
Naturally craftsmanship was not extinguished by the arrival of a single artist.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
Absence of beauty in craftsmanship indicates absence of inspiration, the failure to respond to life.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood