Honor the extraordinary legacy of Robert Musil on November 6 with these curated quotes, philosophical reflections, and heartfelt tributes celebrating their monumental impact on Austrian Modernist Novelist & Essayist.
“If there is a sense of reality, there must also be a sense of possibility.”
“A man without qualities consists of qualities without a man.”
“We do not have too much intellect and too little soul, but too little intellect in matters of soul.”
“Life is not a settled equation; it is an infinite series of unlived possibilities waiting to be articulated.”
“Exactitude in thought is the only shield against the comfortable lies of sentimentality.”
“Ideals have strange properties; among them is the property of turning into their opposite when put into practice.”
“Nothing is more difficult in modern life than preserving an independent, uncorrupted intellect.”
“History does not unfold according to grand logical designs, but according to human follies and accidents.”
“Art is the attempt to find a bridge between the precision of science and the longing of the soul.”
“To think deeply is an act of quiet rebellion against the superficial noise of the marketplace.”
