Goethe

Famous quotes containing the word goethe:

“To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruining their craft.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

“I know very well what Goethe meant when he said that he never had a chagrin but he made a poem out of it. I have altogether too much patience of this kind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“If you are to accomplish all that one demands of you, you must overestimate your own worth.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)