“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” — JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEOne of the preeminent figures in German literature, he was a poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, […]

“In the late 15th and early 16th centuries — when travel was difficult, dangerous and often doomed to failure — the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer took the common European practice of journeying as a way of experiencing the world and improving his craft.”