But how do I get to having to write a book?... It was a mother who bore me, not an inkwell! Robert Musil More Quotes by Robert Musil More Quotes From Robert Musil In their field they [mathematicians] do what we ought to be doing in ours. Therein lies the significant lesson ... of their existence. They are an analogy for the intellectual of the future. Robert Musil analogies intellectual lying Don't you know that every perfect life would mean the end of art? Robert Musil end you life art On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room. Robert Musil two-people real people world Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need. Robert Musil diary need start today The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mental illnesses, and the mentally ill person has only one. Robert Musil mental person difference who