The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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