Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it…

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Art Quotes, Happiness Quotes

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

The solution of every problem is another problem

The solution of every problem is another problem

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon...

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they...

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be...