Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

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...

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 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.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

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

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

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

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...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has...

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...

The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it...