Musil

Famous quotes containing the word musil:

    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 (1880–1942)

    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 (1880–1942)

    The smallest fact about the connection between character and hormonal balance offers more insight into the soul than a five-story idealistic system [of philosophy] does.
    —Robert Musil (1880–1942)