He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one...

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

He who matures early lives in anticipation.

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...

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...

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

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

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

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

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.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

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...

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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

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

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...

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.