Johannes Gutenberg(1398 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Johannes Gutenberg was born around 1398 in Mainz, Germany, into a wealthy family involved in the metalworking and textile trade. Little is known about his early life and education. He grew up in an era of significant social and technological changes in Europe, and his inventive mind was influenced by the emerging technologies of his time.
Famous Johannes Gutenberg Quotes
“It is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall flow in inexhaustible streamsThrough it, God will spread His Word. A spring of truth shall flow from it: like a new star it shall scatter the darkness of ignorance, and cause a light heretofore unknown to shine amongst men.” ~ Johannes Gutenberg“Religious truth is captive in a small number of little manuscripts which guard the common treasures, instead of expanding them. Let us break the seal which binds these holy things; let us give wings to truth that it may fly with the Word, no longer prepared at vast expense, but multitudes everlastingly by a machine which never wearies to every soul which enters life.” ~ Johannes Gutenberg“Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.” ~ Johannes Gutenberg
