Ocupation: Writer
Life: August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832
Birthday: August 28
Death: March 22
Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution.
source: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.87, Ravenio Books
topic: Hands, Style, Execution, Great Talent, Mannerisms