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

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

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

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...

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.

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

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

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

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

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing...

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.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

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.

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...

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

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

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

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

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...

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...