7 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes on Truth

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes on truth

14. The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths.

19. Should I not be proud, when for twenty years I have had to admit to myself that the great Newton and all the mathematicians and noble calculators along with him were involved in a decisive error with respect to the doctrine of color, and that I among millions was the only one who knew what was right in this great subject of nature?

72. He who maintains he's right-if his the gift of tongues- Will have the last word certainly.

87. Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error.

90. First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

117. If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

136. The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.