Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

There is no love that is not an echo.

There is no love that is not an echo.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

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.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

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.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization...

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...

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

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

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants....

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to...

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to...

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the...

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.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.

Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category.