Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.
In the original German
Eigentümlichkeit des Ausdruckes ist Anfang und Ende aller Kunst
1840
★ 3.8Provenance
Current citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 739.
Original citation
Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Spruche in Prosa Maximen und Reflexionen [Sayings in Prose, Maxims and Reflections]. 1819, no. 739.