Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThere are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheHe who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe question "From where does the poet get it?" addresses only the what, nobody learns anything about the how when asking that question.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe