I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe.

He who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion.

Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.

In art it's not the thinking that does the job, but making.

It is working within limits that the craftsman reveals himself.

The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors.