Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Creative Quotes

164 quotes · Poet, Playwright, Novelist

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

All Philosophical Wise Creative Love Spiritual 164 quotes · page 8 of 14

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Creative

“Seldom in the business and transactions of ordinary life, do we find the sympathy we want.”

Want Ordinary Sympathy

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Creative

“The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.”

Music Strikes Familiar

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Creative

“Superstition is the poetry of life.”

Life Literature

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Creative

“For the nature of women is closely allied to art”

Art Nature

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Creative

“Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.”

Art Fashion Serious

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Creative

“Music is so elevated that it is beyond the reach of intellect and there flows from it an influence which is all-potent, and which noone can explain.”

Influence Music Is Flow

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Creative

“Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink.”

Water Poetry

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Creative

“Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences”

Judging Has Beens

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Creative

“Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.”

Want Talent Satisfaction

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Creative

“People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and this goes on to the end. And after all, what can we call our own, except energy, strength, and will? If I could give an account of all that I owe to great predecessors and contemporaries, there would be but a small balance in my favor.”

People Mean Talking

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Creative

“Originality provokes originality.”

Originality Provoking

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Creative

“Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.”

Art Work

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