Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

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.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and...

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the...

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...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own...

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

The whole is the false.

The whole is the false.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.