"Art is in itself noble; that is..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

“He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds his feet uncovered.”

“I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.”

“Bad art is never really enjoyed in the same sense in which good art is enjoyed. It is only "liked": it never startles, prostrates, and takes captive.”

“They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom.”

“Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.”

“Noble fathers have noble children.”

“It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.”

“This is the manner of noble souls: they do not want to have anything for nothing; least of all, life. Whoever is of the mob wants to live for nothing; we others, however, to whom life gave itself, we always think about what we might best give in return... One should not wish to enjoy where one does not give joy.”