Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Hugo von Hofmannstahal, fully Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal

Austrian Novelist, Librettist, poet, Dramatist, Narrator and Essayist

"Where is the Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced."

"To approve is more difficult than to admire."

"Depth must be hidden. Where? On the surface. "

"To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely."