In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew. Theodor Adorno on age
True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves. Theodor Adorno on alone
No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit. Theodor Adorno on alone
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. Theodor Adorno on art
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. Theodor Adorno on art
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. Theodor Adorno on art
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 on art
Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination. Theodor Adorno on art
The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass. Theodor Adorno on best
Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died, can inflict it administratively on innumerable people. Theodor Adorno on death
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. Theodor Adorno on freedom
Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic. Theodor Adorno on happiness
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 on happiness
Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also. Theodor Adorno on health
History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it. Theodor Adorno on history
Intelligence is a moral category. Theodor Adorno on intelligence
Wrong life cannot be lived rightly. Theodor Adorno on life
Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar. Theodor Adorno on love
Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. Theodor Adorno on love