Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote

Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (ed. Princeton University Press, 1995) - ISBN: 9780691043449