Walser���s assistants are made of the very same stuff ��� these figures who are irreparably and stubbornly busy collaborating on work that is utterly superfluous, not to say indescribable If they study - and they seem to study very hard ��� it is in order to become big fat zeros. And why should they bother to help with anything the world takes seriously? After all, it���s nothing but madness. They prefer to take walks. And if they encounter a dog or some living creature on their walks, they whispers: ���I have nothing to give you, dear animal; I would gladly give you something, if only I had it���. Nevertheless, in the end, they lie down in a meadow to weep bitterly over their ���stupid greenhorn���s existence���.

Agamben, Nudities