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# Robert Musil

(1880–1942)   Writer   Austria

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Robert Musil was a writer from Austria, best known for *Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törless*.

## Quick Facts About Robert Musil

Born November 6, 1880

Died April 15, 1942

Nationality Austria

Profession Writer

Notable works Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törless

Known for The Confusions of Young Törless, The Man Without Qualities, The Posthumous Papers of a Living Author

Spouse Martha Musil

## About Robert Musil

Robert Mathias Musil was an Austrian philosophical writer of novels, short stories and plays. He published his first novel, The Confusions of Young Törless, in 1906. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities, is considered a major modernist work.

## Awards & Honors

Gerhart Hauptmann prize Kleist Prize

##  Quotes by Robert Musil · Page 3

> [“Ich war eigentlich in meine Liebe damals verliebt, in meinen veränderten Zustand, weniger in die Frau, die dazu gehörte.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/ich-war-eigentlich-in-meine-liebe-damals-verliebt-in-meinen-ver/)

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> [Don't you know that every perfect life would mean the end of art?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/don-t-you-know-that-every-perfect-life-would-mean-the-end-of-art/)

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> [The proverbial notion of historical distance consists in our having lost ninety-five of every hundred original facts, so the remaining ones can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/the-proverbial-notion-of-historical-distance-consists-in-our-having/)

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> [It is life that does the thinking all around us, forming with playful ease the connections our reason can only laboriously patch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/it-is-life-that-does-the-thinking-all-around-us-forming-with-playful/)

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> [You proclaim that one should die for the highest virtues, because you take it for granted that nobody's been living for them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/you-proclaim-that-one-should-die-for-the-highest-virtues-because-you/)

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> [“In her misery she read a great deal, and discovered that she had lost something she had previously not really know she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/in-her-misery-she-read-a-great-deal-and-discovered-that-she-had-lost/)

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> [Is not art a tool we employ to peel the kitsch off life? Layer by layer art strips life bare. The more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/is-not-art-a-tool-we-employ-to-peel-the-kitsch-off-life-layer-by/)

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> [You see how wrong I go, how ridiculous I'm making myself in your eyes by keeping on guessing wrong like this! Doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/you-see-how-wrong-i-go-how-ridiculous-i-m-making-myself-in-your-eyes/)

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> [“... the structure of a page of good prose is, analyzed logically, not something frozen but the vibrating of a bridge, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/the-structure-of-a-page-of-good-prose-is-analyzed-logically-not/)

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> [...love must be regarded as one of the religious and dangerous experiences, because it lifts people out of the arms of reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/love-must-be-regarded-as-one-of-the-religious-and-dangerous/)

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> [“For a long time now a hint of aversion had lain on everything he did and experienced, a shadow of impotence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/for-a-long-time-now-a-hint-of-aversion-had-lain-on-everything-he-did/)

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> [“He was in that familiar state - not that the occasion mattered to seriously to him -- of incoherent ideas spreading outward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/he-was-in-that-familiar-state-not-that-the-occasion-mattered-to/)

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> [His answers were quite often like that. When she spoke of beauty, he spoke of the fatty tissue supporting the epidermis. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/his-answers-were-quite-often-like-that-when-she-spoke-of-beauty-he/)

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> [An impractical man--which he not only seems to be, but really is--will always be unreliable and unpredictable in his dealings with others.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/an-impractical-man-which-he-not-only-seems-to-be-but-really-is-will/)

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> [“Slowed down by a sense of hopelessness in all his decisions and movements, he suffered from bitter sadness, and his incapacity solidified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/slowed-down-by-a-sense-of-hopelessness-in-all-his-decisions-and/)

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> [It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/it-will-always-be-the-same-possibilities-in-sum-or-on-the-average/)

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> [and while faith based on theological reasoning is today universally engaged in a bitter struggle with doubt and resistance from the prevailing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/and-while-faith-based-on-theological-reasoning-is-today-universally/)

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> [“All the knowledge that has led our species from wearing animal skins to people flying, complete with proofs, would fill a handful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/all-the-knowledge-that-has-led-our-species-from-wearing-animal-skins/)

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> [“What is it you do, then? I'll tell you: You leave out whatever doesn't suit you. As the author himself has done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/what-is-it-you-do-then-i-ll-tell-you-you-leave-out-whatever-doesn-t/)

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> [“A man matters, his experiences matter, but in a city, where experiences come by the thousands, we can no longer relate them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/a-man-matters-his-experiences-matter-but-in-a-city-where-experiences/)

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> [“His appearance gives no clue to what his profession might be, and yet he doesn't look like a man without a profession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/his-appearance-gives-no-clue-to-what-his-profession-might-be-and-yet/)

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> [“Even Diotima and Amheim were shy of using it without a modifier, for it is still possible to speak of having a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/even-diotima-and-amheim-were-shy-of-using-it-without-a-modifier-for/)

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> [“he had to stand by while there proliferated in his own house such concepts as “the art of living thought” “the graph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/he-had-to-stand-by-while-there-proliferated-in-his-own-house-such/)

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> [“She liked to convey that she was well acquainted with the smartness and the manners of the stylish world, but that she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/she-liked-to-convey-that-she-was-well-acquainted-with-the-smartness/)

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> [“Legally, Moosbrugger's case could be summed up in-a sentence. He was one of those borderline cases in law and forensic medicine known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/legally-moosbrugger-s-case-could-be-summed-up-in-a-sentence-he-was/)

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> [“…. by the time they have reached the middle of their life’s journey, few people remember how they have managed to arrive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/by-the-time-they-have-reached-the-middle-of-their-life-s-journey-few/)

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> [Each person is a graveyard of his thoughts. They are most beautiful for us in the moment of their birth; later we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/each-person-is-a-graveyard-of-his-thoughts-they-are-most-beautiful/)

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> [With its claims to profundity, boldness and originality, thinking still limits itself provisionally to the exclusively rational and scientific. ... As soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/with-its-claims-to-profundity-boldness-and-originality-thinking-still/)

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> [... the genius never makes anything new, but always something that is just different, and the average talents provide him the possibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/the-genius-never-makes-anything-new-but-always-something-that-is-just/)

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> [“The difference between a normal person and an insane one is precisely that the normal person has all the diseases of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/the-difference-between-a-normal-person-and-an-insane-one-is-precisely/)

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> [The thought is not something that observes an inner event, but, rather it is this inner event itself. We do not reflect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/the-thought-is-not-something-that-observes-an-inner-event-but-rather/)

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> [A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/a-particularly-fine-head-on-a-man-usually-means-that-he-is-stupid/)

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> [“There were moments when life at school became a matter of utter indifference to him. Then the putty of his everyday concerns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/there-were-moments-when-life-at-school-became-a-matter-of-utter/)

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> [Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/philosophers-are-people-who-do-violence-but-have-no-army-at-their/)

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> [... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/nothing-is-more-human-than-substituting-the-quantity-of-words-and/)

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> [To love something as an artist ... means to be shaken not by its ultimate value or lack of value, but by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/to-love-something-as-an-artist-means-to-be-shaken-not-by-its-ultimate/)

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> [The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/the-secret-of-a-good-librarian-is-that-he-never-reads-anything-more/)

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> [ Writing \[for the novelist\] is not an activity, but a condition. That is why one simply can't resume the work when one… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/writing-for-the-novelist-is-not-an-activity-but-a-condition-that-is/)

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> [“The world seems almost physically wider when up to just now the right-hand side was always obscured by the proximity of someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/the-world-seems-almost-physically-wider-when-up-to-just-now-the-right/)

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> [On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/on-this-thin-scarcely-real-and-yet-so-perceptible-sensation-the-whole/)

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                        "text": "and while faith based on theological reasoning is today universally engaged in a bitter struggle with doubt and resistance from the prevailing brand of rationalism, it does seem that the naked fundamental experience itself, that primal seizure of mystic insight, stripped of religious concepts, perhaps no longer to be regarded as a religious experience at all, has undergone an immense expansion and now forms the soul of that complex irrationalism that haunts our era like a night bird lost in the dawn.",
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