Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.


Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art (ed. 1853)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind;...

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind;...

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind;...

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind;...