None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. — Theodor W. Adorno
Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies. — Theodor W. Adorno
Quality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself — Theodor W. Adorno
Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense. — Theodor W. Adorno
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. — Theodor W. Adorno
Only a humanity to whom death has become as indifferent as its members, that has itself died — Theodor W. Adorno
The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong. — Theodor W. Adorno
The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. — Theodor W. Adorno
The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them. — Theodor W. Adorno
The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated. — Theodor W. Adorno
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modeled on material power. — Theodor W. Adorno
Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think. — Theodor W. Adorno
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own. — Theodor W. Adorno
Truth is inseparable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day — Theodor W. Adorno
When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality. — Theodor W. Adorno
Work while you work, play while you play – this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. — Theodor W. Adorno
A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony — Theodor W. Adorno
The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings. — Theodor W. Adorno