Thomas Mann Quote

We artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. Though we may be heroes in our fashion and disciplined warriors... it is passion that exalts us, and the longing of our soul must remain the longing of a lover — that is our joy and our shame.

Death in Venice (1912)

We artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. Though we may be heroes in our...

We artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. Though we may be heroes in our...

We artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. Though we may be heroes in our...

We artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. Though we may be heroes in our...