Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMusic, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe