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title: "19 Objects Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"
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> [Words express neither objects nor ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/words-express-neither-objects-nor-ourselves/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [At bottom, no real object is unpoetical, if the poet knows how to use it properly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/at-bottom-no-real-object-is-unpoetical-if-the-poet-knows-how-to-use/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/whatever-is-the-object-of-a-saint-s-hope-is-the-subject-of-his-prayer/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/i-reverence-the-individual-who-understands-distinctly-what-he-wishes/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/secrecy-has-many-advantages-for-when-you-tell-someone-the-purpose-of/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/objects-in-pictures-should-so-be-arranged-as-by-their-very-position/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/if-we-could-do-away-with-death-we-wouldn-t-object-to-do-away-with/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-are-the-slaves-of-objects-around-us-and-appear-little-or-important/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery. \[Ger., Wie einer ist, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/as-a-man-is-so-is-his-god-therefore-god-was-so-often-an-object-of/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [By the artist's seizing any one object from nature, that object no longer is part of nature. One can go so far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/by-the-artist-s-seizing-any-one-object-from-nature-that-object-no/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-is-natural-to-man-to-regard-himself-as-the-object-of-the-creation/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [It seems to me that every phenomenon, every fact, itself is the really interesting object. Whoever explains it, or connects it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/it-seems-to-me-that-every-phenomenon-every-fact-itself-is-the-really/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/art-is-a-severe-business-most-serious-when-employed-in-grand-and/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Love has the tendency of pressing together all the lights - all the rays emitted from the beloved object by the burning-glass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/love-has-the-tendency-of-pressing-together-all-the-lights-all-the/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/a-teacher-who-can-arouse-a-feeling-for-one-single-good-action-for-one/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [Piety is not an end, but a means: a means of attaining the highest culture by the purest tranquility of soul. Hence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/piety-is-not-an-end-but-a-means-a-means-of-attaining-the-highest/)

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> [Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/distance-is-like-futurity-a-dim-vastness-is-spread-before-our-souls/)

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> [Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/don-t-feel-guilty-if-you-don-t-immediately-love-your-stepchildren-as/)

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> [Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/quite-often-as-life-goes-on-when-we-feel-completely-secure-as-we-go/)

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## Other authors on Objects

## 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/)

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