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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute...

No emancipation without that of society.

No emancipation without that of society.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

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.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.