But One Must Know Where One Stands,

What In Us The Women Leave Uncultivated, Children Cultivate When We Retain Them Near Us.

I Hate Every Violent Overthrow, Because As Much Is Destroyed As Is Gained By It.

The Person Who In Shaky Times Also Wavers Only Increases The Evil, But The Person Of Firm Decision Fashions The Universe.

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.

The Mediator Of The Inexpressible Is The Work Of Art.