I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Age childish makes, they say, but 'tis not true; We're only genuine children still in Age's season. [Ger., Das Alter macht nicht… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
No one is willing to believe that adults too, like children, wander about this earth in a daze and, like children, do… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share
Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed! — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share
![“Age childish makes, they say, but 'tis not true; We're only genuine children still in Age's season. [Ger., Das Alter macht nicht kindisch, wie man spricht, Es findet uns nur noch als wahre Kinder.]” quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_age_age-childish-makes-they-say-but-tis-not_1851271.jpg)
