Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

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

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

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

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

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...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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...

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay...

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay...

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...

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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...

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

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.

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...