Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

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

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

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own...

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...

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.

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at...

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

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

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

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.

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...

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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,...

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.

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

Because thought has by now been perverted into the solving of assigned problems, even what...

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

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.

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...

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...