Wolfgang Born

... The painted world of Sergius Pauser is embued with the peace of a feast day. People and things appear differently than normally. Very pure, very clear, set free from the bewildering energy of real life. All of the bodies are characterised by a strange transparence without losing their essential nature. They are completely permeated by the character of the painter. It is, however, far from being the case that a powerful personality has subordinated reality. On the contrary, the artist stands before his model with the greatest humility; and it is precisely in his reticence, in his upright devotion that his power resides...

In the monthly periodical "Österreichische Kunst" (no. 12) 1930