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Quote by Robert Musil
The thought came to me that all one loves in art becomes beautiful

The thought came to me that all one loves in art becomes beautiful. Beauty is nothing but the expression of the fact that something is being loved. Only thus could she be defined. – Robert Musil

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All still lifes are actually paintings of the world on the sixth day of creation, when God and the world were alone together, without man! – Robert Musil

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