In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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 recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed...