The mediator of the inexpressible is the... by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | We Heart Quotes

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The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Other quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Envy

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men Love

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Adversity

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Will

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nature

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Eyes

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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