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Of the truly creative no one is ever master it must be left to go its own way.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1749
Born: August 22
Died: 1832
Died: March 22
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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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.
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Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image. [Ger., Das Betragen ist ein Spiegel in welchem jeder sein Bild zeigt.]
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The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
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What sort of faults may we retain, nay, even cherish in ourselves? Those faults which are rather pleasant than offensive to others.
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Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole enigmatic field in which they labour.
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Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.
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Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.
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Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.
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Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.
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Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.
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God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.
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