All Hugo von Hofmannsthal Quotes
- To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely. Change
- The most dangerous of our impulses reign in ourselves against ourselves. To dissolve them is a creative act. Act
- Reality lies in the greatest enchantment you have ever experienced. Enchantment
- Words performed through music can express what language alone had exhausted Alone
- We have fewer friends than we imagine, but more than we know. Fewer
- The process of which I am speaking is nothing less than a conservative revolution on such a scale as the history of Europe has never… Conservative
- First, to be able to love, then to learn that body and spirit are one. Able
- Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit. Becomes
- Singing is near miraculous because it is the mastering of what is otherwise a pure instrument of egotism: the human voice. Egotism
- Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced. Deepest
- Knowledge is little; to know the right context is much; to know the right spot is everything. Context
- Depth must be hidden. Where? On the surface. Depth