A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make something of him.

- Johann Peter Eckermann

Invention requires an excited mind; execution, a calm one.

- Johann Peter Eckermann

Wearing spectacles makes men conceited, because spectacles raise them to a degree of sensual perfection which is far above the power of their own nat…

- Johann Peter Eckermann