Hermann Hesse

Famous Writers Who Also Made Art (8 art items)

" "My little watercolours are kinds of poems or dreams, which provide but a distant memory of "reality," and change it according to personal feelings or needs (…); the fact that I am (…) a mere amateur is something I never forget." From a letter to Helene Welti, 1919 "For me, producing with drawing pen and brush is the wine whose inebriating effect makes life warm and pleasant to an extent that it becomes bearable." From a letter to Franz Karl Ginzkey, 1920 https://www.hermann-hesse.de/en/"

Quotes to Remember (22 person items)

"“Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again. That is why every man's story is important, eternal, sacred; that is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous, and worthy of consideration. In each individual the spirit has become flesh, in each man the creation suffers, within each one a redeeme"

My Favourite Writers (71 books items)

"18 stars 1906 Unterm Rad*** 1908 In der alten Sonne* 1915 Das Nachtpfauenoge* 1919 Demian*** 1922 Siddharta** 1928 Der Steppenwolf*** 1930 Narziß und Goldmund*** 1932 Die Morgenlandfahrt** "