Words are good, but there is something better. The best cannot be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the chief matter. Action can only be only understood and represented by the spirit.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMany young painters would never have taken their pencils in hand if they could have felt, known, and understood, early enough, what really produced a master like Raphael.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe