You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I have found among my papers a sheet . . . in which I call architecture frozen music. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Every day we hear a little melody,reading a beautiful poem, see a fine painting and,If possible, say the words.” — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
To blow is not to play on the flute; you must move the fingers. [Ger., Blasen ist nicht floten, ihr musst die… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Music is so elevated that it is beyond the reach of intellect and there flows from it an influence which is all-potent,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I have found a paper of mine among some others in which I call architecture 'petrified music.' Really there is something in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
One ought, every day at least,to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture,and, if it were possible,… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The dignity of art probably appears most eminently with music since it does not have any material that needs to be discounted.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in… — 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
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