Singing is near miraculous because it is the mastering of what is otherwise a pure instrument of egotism: the human voice. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
The most dangerous of our impulses reign in ourselves against ourselves. To dissolve them is a creative act. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
“the activity of modern poets stands under the decree of necessity, as though they were building a pyramid, the monstruos residence of a dead… — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
The process of which I am speaking is nothing less than a conservative revolution on such a scale as the history of Europe has… — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
First, to be able to love, then to learn that body and spirit are one. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
“To be modern means to like antique furniture - and youthful neurosis.” — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely. — Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Share Image
