"Beauty is at once the ultimate principle..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“My counsel is, to force nothing, and rather to trifle and sleep away all unproductive days and hours, than on such days to compose something that will afterwards give no pleasure.”

“We eagerly get hold of a law that serves as a weapon to our passions.”

“One must not criticize that which is common since it remains always the same.”

“Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness.”

“Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of flowers, the hollows of trees, fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between tides, and even drops of water. Life in these hidden worlds is more startling in reality than anything we can imagine. How could this earth of ours, which is only a speck in the heavens, have so much variety of life, so many curious and exciting creatures?”

“Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.”

“Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient.”

“Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water.”

“Art made tongue-tied by authority.”