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Robert Musil Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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And what would you do, ... if you could rule the world for a day? I suppose I would have no choice but to abolish reality.



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There is nothing in this world as invisible as a monument



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Layer by layer art strips life bare.



One does what one is; one becomes what one does.

One does what one is; one becomes what one does.


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If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.

If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.



Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.

Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.




Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress and one path, and is always at a disadvantage.

Stupidity is active in every direction, and can dress up in all the clothes of truth. Truth, on the other hand, has for every occasion only one dress and one path, and is always at a disadvantage.



The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect on something, but, rather, something thinks itself in us.

The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect on something, but, rather, something thinks itself in us.



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Life forms a surface that acts as if it could not be otherwise, but under its skin things are pounding and pulsing.





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