Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Painting

• Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Tattoo, Body, Return

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.67, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wall, Landscape, Brilliant

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2016). “THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER (Literary Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel”, p.7, e-artnow

• Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Want, Painting

• The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Drawing, Way, Painting

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