Quote by: Adalbert Stifter

Great beauty and youth capture our attention, excite a deep pleasure; however, why shouldn't our souls gaze at a countenance over which the years have passed? Isn't there a story there, one unknown, full of pain or beauty, which pours its reflection into the features, a story we can read with some compassion or at least get a slight hint of its meaning? The young point toward the future; the old tell of a past.


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Author Bio


  • NameAdalbert Stifter
  • Descriptionaustrian painter, pacifist and writer
  • BornOctober 23, 1805
  • DiedJanuary 28, 1868
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionWriter; Painter; Poet
  • WorksRock Crystal; Der Nachsommer