I by no means owe my works to my own wisdom alone, but to a thousand things and persons around me, who provided me with material.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic

Inspiration Creativity Influences

Speaker

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "February 17, 1832, entry" in Conversations of Goethe with Eickermann and Soret, Translated by John Oxenford. George Bell and Sons,1882.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "February 17, 1832, entry" in Conversations of Goethe with Eickermann and Soret, Translated by John Oxenford. Da Capo P, 1998.

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