Author: Theodor W. Adorno

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He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

- Theodor W. Adorno

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.

- Theodor W. Adorno

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

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

- Theodor W. Adorno

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

- Theodor W. Adorno

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.

Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself, and so masters them.

- Theodor W. Adorno

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

- Theodor W. Adorno

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass.

- Theodor W. Adorno

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

- Theodor W. Adorno

Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory.

Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory.

- Theodor W. Adorno

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