By the artist's seizing any one object from nature, that object no longer is part of nature. One can go so far… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It seems to me that every phenomenon, every fact, itself is the really interesting object. Whoever explains it, or connects it with… — 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 Image
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 Image
All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
