Theodor W. Adorno Quotes

German - Philosopher | September 11, 1903 - August 6, 1969

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

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LiveManWritingPlaceWhoHomeland

Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also.

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HealthSicknessAlwaysExuberant

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

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WorkQualityWithinDepthMasters

Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.

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TruthDayTruth IsOne DayBelief

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.

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NameCreditPowerfulPersonBurden

No emancipation without that of society.

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SocietyWithoutEmancipation

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.

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SocietyBetterBelievingRiskOthers

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

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EthicsWrongFirstAlwaysPrinciple

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.

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HumanImitationHuman BeingBeing

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

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SayMeanInsultsMost

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.

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LifeBecomeOwnAbsenceIdeology

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

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TimeSuicideIntentionJokeOur Time

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