Harry Graf Kessler
Harry Graf Kessler
Harry Clemens Ulrich Kesslerwas an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art. English translations of his diaries "Journey to the Abyss"and "Berlin in Lights"reveal anecdotes and details of artistic, theatrical, and political life in Europe, mostly in Germany, from the late 19th century through the collapse of Germany at the end of World War I until his death in Lyon in 1937...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth23 May 1868
CountryGermany
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What is ugly about life is that it so often only provides uneasy half solutions that are so seldom pure and tragic ones.
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How rich our German life is compared to France or England: what an abundance of social types and customs with completely different origins... Germany is a world, whereas England and France, with their stereotypically divided three social classes, are but enlarged villages... what a stage for a Balzac.