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

Quote by Theodor Adorno

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

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

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself,...

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

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.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

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.

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...

Normality is death.

Normality is death.

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.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews.

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...

He who integrates is lost.

He who integrates is lost.

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

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