The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own.

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

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

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image...

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'.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.