Who wants to understand the poem
Must go to the land of poetry;
Who wishes to understand the poet
Must go to the poet's land.


West-östlicher Diwan, motto (1819)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Who wants to understand the poem Must go to the land of poetry; Who wishes to understand the poet Must go to the poet's land.

Who wants to understand the poem Must go to the land of poetry; Who wishes to understand the poet Must go to the poet's land.

Who wants to understand the poem Must go to the land of poetry; Who wishes to understand the poet Must go to the poet's land.

Who wants to understand the poem Must go to the land of poetry; Who wishes to understand the poet Must go to the poet's land.