Conversations with Eckermann (23 March 1829) - Often quoted as "Architecture is frozen music."
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"I have found a paper of mine among some others in which I call architecture 'petrified music.' Really there is something in this; the tone of mind produced by architecture approaches the effect of music."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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