To be modern means to like antique furniture - and youthful neurosis. Author: Hugo von Hofmannsthal Copy Quote More from Hugo von Hofmannsthal “Your little sisterHas tossed her Untied hair forwardLike a living veil,Like a f…” “the activity of modern poets stands under the decree of necessity, as though th…” “Words performed through music can express what language alone had exhausted” “So las ich falsch in deinem Aug, dem tiefen?Kein heimlich Sehnen sah ich heiß d…”