Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann WolfgangGoethetə/; German: ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 August 1749
CountryGermany
What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.
Boldness has power, magic and genius in it.
If nature is your teacher, your soul will awaken.
It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been empty.
It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.
The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.
Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.
Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.
Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion
Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.
One never goes further than when they do not know where they are going.
Plunge boldly into the thick of life!
Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.
Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.