Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

Error is acceptable as long as we are young but one must not drag it along into old age.

Age merely shows what children we remain.