Hermann Hesse Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: July 2, 1877 - August 9, 1962
Birthday: July 2
Death: August 9
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts we know that we, too, are transitory and will soon disappear. When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something last longer than we do.
source: Hermann Hesse (2013). “Narcissus and Goldmund: A Novel”, p.157, Macmillan
topic: Flower, Fall, Heart, Great Dance, Salvage, Transitory
