“None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.”
— Theodor Adorno
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No harm comes to man from outside
“No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit.”
— Theodor Adorno
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Every work of art is an uncommitted
“Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.”
— Theodor Adorno
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A pencil and rubber are of more
“A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.”
— Theodor Adorno
Author: Theodor Adorno
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Quality is decided by the depth at
“Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.”
— Theodor Adorno
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Category: work
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No emancipation without that of society.
“No emancipation without that of society.”
— Theodor Adorno
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Technology is making gestures precise and brutal,
“Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.”
— Theodor Adorno
Author: Theodor Adorno
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Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness
“Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.”
— Theodor Adorno
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Category: health
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Art is permitted to survive only if
“Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.”
— Theodor Adorno
Author: Theodor Adorno
Category: art
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The good man is he who rules
“The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.”
— Theodor Adorno
Author: Theodor Adorno
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Love you will find only where you
“Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.”
— Theodor Adorno
Author: Theodor Adorno
Category: love
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