9 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes on Productivity

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes on productivity

26. Create, artist! Do not talk!

31. Without haste, but without rest.

99. Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

112. He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build.

118. In art the best is good enough.

122. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

134. The deed is everything, the glory naught.

137. The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

155. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.