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

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

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of...

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of...

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

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...

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.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

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...

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

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

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

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...

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 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...

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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.