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The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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GILBERT K. CHESTERTON The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
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EUGENE DELACROIX The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see.
G. K. CHESTERTON The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.
CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know he sees it.
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS He sees the musical matrix like no artist I've ever met before.
BILLY MANN No great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did he would cease to be an artist.
OSCAR WILDE No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
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OSCAR WILDE Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much h...
RUMI Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much h...
JALAL AD-DIN RUMI He sees them as well as anybody, and I trust what he has to stay.
DAVE TIPPETT It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees
DAME EDITH SITWELL There are things the artist intends, and things the viewer sees, and what the viewer sees isn't alwa...
JULIE ANNE LONG God has such gladness every time he sees from heaven that a sinner is praying to Him with all his he...
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GREGORY DAVID ROBERTS I told my mom and she told everybody she ever sees. She just runs around and ... spits it out, so I ...
FRANK BENNETT I love your roots, not the flower everybody sees!
AKILNATHAN LOGESWARAN The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral gro...
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BOB GREEN Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
WILLIAM COWPER If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.
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MICHAEL COLE When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!
MAX LUCADO Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and ha...
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BRYAN GULLEY The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on.
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DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The mind sees separateness, LOVE sees unity.
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.
ALEXANDER POPE If the dog perceives itself as higher in the ranking, (he) sees it as OK for him to correct you.
EMILY MILLER Think of the basketball metaphor, ... He sees the whole court.
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PAUL KLEE The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
PAUL KLEE We want to make sure he never sees the light of day.
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J. GILMORE CHILDERS Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft.

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PETER PACE He clearly sees the same dynamics inside BA.
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JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Where there are no women there are no good manners
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the mome...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Everyone hears only what he understands.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. [G...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these lines what does not stand written in t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The society of women is the element of good manners.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unp...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Each one sees what he carries in his heart
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured. [Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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