Famous quotes containing the words wolfgang von goethe, von goethe, wolfgang von, wolfgang, von and/or goethe:
“We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn’t begrudge his son’s talent.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“What matters in art is not thinking but making.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn’t perceive such things outside of us.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn’t begrudge his son’s talent.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“One spares old people just as one spares children.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)