--- title: "8 Impression Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" description: "8 Impression quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Plus more from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and more Impression sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_brightness_it-is-the-color-closest-to-light-in-its_778088.jpg" --- > [It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-is-the-color-closest-to-light-in-its-utmost-purity-it-always/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_brightness_it-is-the-color-closest-to-light-in-its_778088.jpg) > [The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-world-is-for-thousands-a-freak-show-the-images-flicker-past-and/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_flats_the-world-is-for-thousands-a-freak-show_906104.jpg) > [Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/men-are-so-inclined-to-content-themselves-with-what-is-commonest-the-2/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_beautiful_men-are-so-inclined-to-content-themselve_1042565.jpg) > [Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/waste-not-a-day-in-vain-digression-with-resolute-courageous-trust/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_courage_waste-not-a-day-in-vain-digression-with_1321716.jpg) > [So then the year is repeating its old story again. We are come once more, thank God! to its most charming chapter.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/so-then-the-year-is-repeating-its-old-story-again-we-are-come-once/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_book_so-then-the-year-is-repeating-its-old-st_1469671.jpg) > [We find from experience that yellow excites a warm and agreeable impression… The eye is gladdened, the heart expanded and cheered, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-find-from-experience-that-yellow-excites-a-warm-and-agreeable/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_breathe_we-find-from-experience-that-yellow-exci_1993881.jpg) > [Such is the frailty of man that even where he makes the truest and most forcible impression in the memory, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/such-is-the-frailty-of-man-that-even-where-he-makes-the-truest-and/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_beloved_such-is-the-frailty-of-man-that-even-whe_2780647.jpg) > [Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/here-too-it-s-masquerade-i-find-as-everywhere-the-dance-of-mind-i/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_caught_here-too-it-s-masquerade-i-find-as-every_2811693.jpg) ## Other authors on Impression ## More by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-never-believed-in-trying-to-do-anything-whatever-i-set-out-to-do-i/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/all-lyrical-work-must-as-a-whole-be-perfectly-intelligible-but-in/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-know-accurately-only-when-we-know-little-with-knowledge-doubt/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-is-easier-to-perceive-error-than-to-find-truth-for-the-former-lies/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/there-is-no-patriotic-art-and-no-patriotic-science/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/the-connoisseur-of-art-must-be-able-to-appreciate-what-is-simply/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Nothing is worse than active ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/nothing-is-worse-than-active-ignorance/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/let-us-not-dream-that-reason-can-ever-be-popular-passions-emotions/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Our foibles are really what make us lovable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/our-foibles-are-really-what-make-us-lovable/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/instruction-does-much-but-encouragement-everything/) [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Giving is the business of the rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/giving-is-the-business-of-the-rich/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/just-begin-and-the-mind-grows-heated-continue-and-the-task-will-be/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-look-upon-all-four-gospels-as-thoroughly-genuine-for-there-shines/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Whatever we may say against collections, which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/whatever-we-may-say-against-collections-which-present-authors-in-a/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impression/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/#itemlist", "name": "8 Impression Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. 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