All JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Quotes about “Art”

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
“It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once.”
“It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.”
“He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.”
“Personality is everything in art and poetry.”
“Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.”
“In art, the best is good enough.”
“The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.”
“The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.”
“God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.”
“There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.”
“The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.”
“For the nature of a women is closely allied to art. [Ger., Denn das Naturell der Frauen Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt.]”
“There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.”
“You canâ€™t, if you canâ€™t feel it, if it never Rises from the soul, and sways The heart of every single hearer, With deepest power, in simple ways. Youâ€™ll sit forever, gluing things together, Cooking up a stew from otherâ€™s scraps, Blowing on a miserable fire, Made from your heap of dying ash. Let apes and children praise your art, If their admirationâ€™s to your taste, But youâ€™ll never speak from heart to heart, Unless it rises up from your heartâ€™s space.”
“Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient.”
“Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.”
“Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.”
“There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.”
“Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.”
“For the nature of women is closely allied to art”
“The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.”
“We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.”
“He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.”

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