Ideas are to objects as constellations are to stars [translated from Trauerspiel, 1928]. — Walter Benjamin
Kitsch offers instantaneous emotional gratification without intellectual effort, without the requirement of — Walter Benjamin
For every second of time was the strait gate through which the Messiah might enter. — Walter Benjamin
You follow the same paths of thought as before. Only, they appear strewn with roses. — Walter Benjamin
Capitalism is a purely cultic religion, perhaps the most extreme that ever existed. — Walter Benjamin