Rudolf Steiner Quotes
Not that which is inspires the creation, but that which may be; not the actual, but the possible.
Citations
Steiner, Rudolf. Goethe as the Founder of a New Science of Aesthetics. Translated by G. Metaxa, Anthroposophical Publishing Company, 1922.
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