Von Humboldt

von Humboldt may refer to:

  • Wilhelm von Humboldt - a Prussian minister, linguist and philosopher
  • Alexander von Humboldt - a Prussian naturalist and explorer

Famous quotes containing the words von and/or humboldt:

    “By the artist’s seizing any one object from nature, that object no longer is part of nature. One can go so far as to say that the artist creates the object in that very moment by emphasizing its significant, characteristic, and interesting aspects or, rather, by adding the higher values.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)