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Existence is objective in a sense and subjective in a sense. Without observation, there is 'stuff', but there are no things; things only come into being when observed by a being that can project a conceptual framework onto 'stuff'. But we shouldn't think that this 'stuff' is somehow more primordial than, say, tables and chairs. It's the tables and chairs and other objects that we find ready to hand that are primordial, and the 'stuff' which is a potentially misleading philosophical abstraction.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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