Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Art
  • Consequences
  • Craft