We Amuse Ourselves Painting Our

On Every Mountain Height Is Rest.

What Am I Then...? Everything That I Have Seen, Heard, And Observed I Have Collected And Exploited. My Works Have Been Nourished By Countless Different Individuals, By Innocent And Wise Ones, People Of Intelligence And Dunces. Childhood, Maturity And Old Age All Have Brought Me Their Thoughts....their Perspectives On Life. I Have Often Reaped What Others Have Sowed. My Work Is The Work Of A Collective Being That Bears The Name Goethe.

Talent Is Nurtured In Solitude; Character Is Formed In The Stormy Billows Of The World.

When One Is Polite In German, One Lies.

Mastery Passes Often For Egotism.