More quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Character develops itself in the stream of life."
"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."
"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."
"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden."
"In art the best is good enough."