Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste. [Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Imagination
• Taste
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  • Taste
  • Fearful