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Re: Searching for a Quote citation
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Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski <[log in to unmask]>
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I believe Goethe wrote about the importance of illustrations in his
Metamorphosis of Plants (published 1790), section 102.

mervi

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Subject: [SCIART] Searching for a Quote citation

Dear Smart people,

The GNSI has been using this phrase in its literature for any years:

"Goethe has been quoted as observing that you really do not see a plant
until you draw it"

But it has been so long that the Goeth quote has been separated from the
source.  Do any of you have a reference that could help us nail down the
origin?

Britt Griswold
GNSI


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