Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Harry Clarke’s astonishingly beautiful 1925 illustrations for Goethe’s Faust:

Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“Generally, beware of dissipating your powers, and strive to concentrate them.”

Goethe on beginner’s mind and the importance of being enormously selective about your media diet:

The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies

Richard Hamblyn

“Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole enigmatic field in which they labour.”

How a humble young amateur scientist classified the skies and inspired Goethe’s beautiful poems about the clouds:

Theory of Colours

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethe’s seminal treatise on the nature, function, and psychology of colors, and their impact on mood and emotion.