Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “To create something you must be something.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “To create something you must be something.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related Quotes “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “We don’t get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “We can’t form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe