Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, Christian views, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, Goethe wrote a wide range of works, including plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, …
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.
In art the best is good enough.
Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
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Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.
The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.
He who possesses art and science has religion he who does not possess them, needs religion.
In art the best is good enough.
The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
Personality is everything in art and poetry.
I call architecture frozen music.
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
This is the highest wisdom that I own freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Age merely shows what children we remain.
Error is acceptable as long as we are young but one must not drag it along into old age.