What am I then...? Everything that I have seen, heard, and observed I have collected and exploited. My works have been nourished by countless different individuals, by innocent and wise ones, people of intelligence and dunces. Childhood, maturity and old age all have brought me their thoughts....their perspectives on life. I have often reaped what others have sowed. My work is the work of a collective being that bears the name Goethe.

People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.

No one should be rich except those who understand it.

Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.

If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

The rogue has everywhere the advantage.