"All that is alive tends toward color,..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
All that is alive tends toward color, individuality, specificity, effectiveness and opacity. All that is done with life inclines toward knowledge, abstraction, generality transfiguration and transparency.
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“Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect.”
“A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.”
“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”
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“There are two types of people: One strives to control his environment, the other strives not to let his environment control him. I like to control my environment, because I feel if I have my physical space in order, then I'm free to dream.”
“I'm definitely gonna be the People's champion ... but I just ain't gonna be the champ the way you want me to be the champ. I'm gonna be the champ the way I wanna be.”
“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.”