Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their...

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their...

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.