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Goethe tells us in his greatest poem that Faust lost the liberty of his soul when he said to the passing moment, 'Stay, thou art so fair. — Robert Kennedy

Woman is mistress of the art of completely imbittering the life of the person on whom she depends. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

In art it's not the thinking that does the job, but making. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The highest problem of any art is to cause by appearance the illusion of a higher reality. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

In art, to express the infinite one should suggest infinitely more than is expressed. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

One cannot escape from the world with greater certainty than through art, and one cannot relate to it with greater certainty than through art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art will always be art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art is based on a strong sentiment of religion,
on a profound and mighty earnestness; hence it is so prone to co-operate with religion. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

If you have science and art,
You also have religion;
But if you don't have them,
You better have religion. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When I say to the Moment flying;
'Linger a while
thou art so fair!'
Then bind me in thy bonds undying,
And my final ruin I will bear! — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Personality is everything in art and poetry. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Religion is not in want of art; it rests on its own majesty. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art is a mediator of the unspeakable. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The whole art of living consists in giving up existence in order to exist. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art is in itself noble; that is why the artist has no fear of what is common. This, indeed, is already ennobled when he takes it up. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When Nature begins to reveal her open secret to a man, he feels an irresistible longing for her worthiest interpreter, Art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Give shape, artist! don't talk!
Your poem be but a breath. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Colors are light's suffering and joy — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

For the nature of a women is closely allied to art.
[Ger., Denn das Naturell der Frauen
Ist so nah mit Kunst verwandt.] — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

If the whole world I once could see On free soil stand, with the people free Then to the moment might I say, Linger awhile ... so fair thou art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

He who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

In art the best is good enough. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The arts are the salt of the earth; as salt relates to food, the arts relate to technology. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Thou art in the end what thou art. Put on wigs with millions of curls, set thy foot upon ell-high rocks. Thou abidest ever
what thou art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We can stand only a certain amount of unhappiness; anything beyond that annihilates us or passes us by, leaving us apathethetic. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is no patriotic art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

All our knowledge is symbolic. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

What matters in art is not thinking but making. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Oh my God, but art is long / and our life is fleeting. — Ghadirian

With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Literature decays only as men become more and more corrupt. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

For the nature of women is closely allied to art — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

No skill or art is needed to grow old; the trick is to endure it. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

One cannot escape the world more certainly through art, and one cannot bind oneself to it more certainly than through art — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It would be a lowly art that allowed itself to be understood all at once. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

God help us -- for art is long, and life so short. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe