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.
Robert Musil... for the modern soul, for which it is mere child's play to bridge oceans and continents, there is nothing so impossible as to find the contact with the souls dwelling just around the corner.
Robert MusilA politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.
Robert MusilIs not art a tool we employ to peel the kitsch off life? Layer by layer art strips life bare. The more abstract it gets, the more transparent the air is. Can it be that the farther it is removed from life, the clearer art becomes?
Robert Musil