Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes


To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.


Citations

von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Travels in Italy. Translated by A. J. W. Morrison, George Bell & Sons, 1883, p. 242.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Born: August 28, 1749
  • Died: March 22, 1832
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Poet, Novelist, Playwright

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. He is considered to be the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.