Lipót Herman might have been the most popular figure of our century's artistic life. His contemporaries respected him as a witness to the cultural-historical events of the 20th century. He was envied by other artists for his encyclopedic amount of experience. - as written by Gábor Pogány Ö. He is an everlasting artist because his legacy is filled with a joyful and human spirit. Not many people know that for almost 70 years he kept a diary of drawings and texts about his experiences, and this diary amounts to many books. He was a highly cultured intellectual who has done a lot for Hungarian Art.