What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture. Robert Musil castexistencegood Change image and share on social
Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need. Robert Musil diaryfelthabbits Change image and share on social
If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility. Robert Musil possibilityrealitysense Change image and share on social
It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality above idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their direction, and he awakens them. Robert Musil actualityaverageawaken share on social
Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering... and the objects in the room drew a little closer together. Robert Musil centreclosedraw share on social
Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop. Robert Musil progressstopwonderful Change image and share on social
It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it. Robert Musil awakendenyperverse Change image and share on social
Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system. Robert Musil armydisposallock Change image and share on social
It is, all in all, a historic error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it! Robert Musil errorhistoricmake Change image and share on social
