Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.

  

  Pamela Stephenson
  • Challenge
  • Childhood
  • Husband

• Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Always
  • Lady
  • Spider

• It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.

  

  Kate Adie
  • Up
  • Danger
  • Protection

• Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Character
  • Right
  • Directors

• In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • Want
  • Crazy
  • Look

• You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Work
  • Clothes
  • Dress

• I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.

  

  Victor Webster
  • Believe
  • Intelligent
  • Fans

• Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Pretty
  • Woman
  • Old

• I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • Live
  • Networking

• The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Mind
  • Art
  • Moral

• In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Christian
  • Opinion
  • Theatre

• It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Time
  • Done
  • Government

• My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.

  

  Maddie Ziegler
  • Dance
  • Teacher
  • Girls

• A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Good
  • Done
  • Want

• I'm a progressive.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Progressive

• I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Like
  • Things
  • Dissecting

• I can have an androgynous quality.

  

  Lara Stone
  • Quality
  • I Can
  • Androgynous

• When I'm a brunette, it's four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Blonde
  • Brunette
  • Taxi

• Never underestimate opponents.

  

  Bobby Riggs

• The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

  

  John W. Gardner
  • Age

• There is no one who can stop you; you find a mic, a crowd, a set of ears, and nowadays, a camera and YouTube, and you recite your poem. You have your say. I don't want to over-romanticize it: of course, any time an art form ascends, especially when competition is involved, there will be gatekeeping, chauvinism, and other unfortunate dynamics. But the beauty of spoken word and performance poetry is, by and large, its ability to reach people in the moment - right there, right then.

  

  Bao Phi
  • People
  • Art
  • Moments

• Most startup entrepreneurs unnecessarily spend half their time and give up half their equity in search of funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. Tens of millions of dollars are available to them for free from partners who not only don't want their equity, they don't even want to be paid back.

  

  Jay Samit
  • Up
  • Time
  • Free

• Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.

  

  James Levine
  • Boss

• A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Art
  • Genuine
  • Spectator