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## Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes on truth

1. > 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.

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2. > 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?

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

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

[Permalink to quote \#87](https://quotesby.net/Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe/87/ "Permalink to quote 87")
5. > First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

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

[Permalink to quote \#117](https://quotesby.net/Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe/117/ "Permalink to quote 117")
7. > The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.

[Permalink to quote \#136](https://quotesby.net/Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe/136/ "Permalink to quote 136")

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