Author: Theodor W. Adorno

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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

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.

If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.

- 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

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

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

- Theodor W. Adorno

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.

- 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

Intelligence is a moral category.

Intelligence is a moral category.

- Theodor W. Adorno

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

- Theodor W. Adorno

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