Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832
Birthday: August 28
Death: March 22
The world is for thousands a freak show; the images flicker past and vanish; the impressions remain flat and unconnected in the soul. Thus they are easily led by the opinions of others, are content to let their impressions be shuffled and rearranged and evaluated differently.
source: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Gage (1980). “Goethe on Art”, p.114, Univ of California Press
topic: Past, Media, Soul, Flicker
