The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all...

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of...

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...

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

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...

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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

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

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...

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and...

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated.

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

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