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Works of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Influences

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Goethe

Goethe
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Influences

Introduction:

Those influences which affect a creative artist cannot really be listed
definitively-the whole world, the spirit of the times, the personality of the
artist himself obviously become a part of the material he creates. In the case
of every individual, however, there are certain influences, more obvious and
direct than others, which can profitably be observed. The strongest influences
are usually the simplest-family, friends, education, reading. Goethe was no
exception. A look at his diaries, his letters, his memoirs and those of his
friends, ...

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