It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

Quote by Walter Benjamin

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All disgust is originally disgust at touching.

All disgust is originally disgust at touching.

The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses.

The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses.

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the...

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the...

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of...

The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of...

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as...

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as...

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an...

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an...

The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than...

The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than...

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the...

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the...

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The...

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The...

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the...

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the...

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but...

He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but...

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of...

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of...

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most...

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most...

Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby.

Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby.

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the...

Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the...

It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to...

It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to...

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.