Famous quotes containing the words wolfgang von goethe, von goethe, wolfgang von, wolfgang, von and/or goethe:
“One would give plenty of almonds if one had eyes to see the beauty of a receiving hand.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Mastery is proven only in limitation,
and law alone can give us freedom.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“If the artist is not also a craftsman, the artist is nothing, but calamity: most of our artists are nothing but craftsmen.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“What one doesn’t understand one doesn’t possess.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)