The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.

Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.

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

Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed.

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.

Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.