Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.
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 GoetheIt is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.
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 GoetheThe summit charms us, the steps to it do not; with the heights before our eyes, we like to linger in the plain. It is only a part of art that can be taught; but the artist needs the whole. He who is only half instructed speaks much and is always wrong; who knows it wholly is content with acting and speaks seldom or late.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe