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.
Johann Wolfgang von GoethePeople 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.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheArt is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe