What did Theodor Adorno mean by: To say ‘we’ and mean ‘I’ is one of the most recondite insults. Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany Copy
+ The splinter in your eye is the best magnifying-glass available. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Clarity, Criticism, Perspective, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Disadvantage, Inequality, Struggle, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ The forms of art reflect the history of man more truthfully than do documents themselves. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Art, History, Truth, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ No harm comes to man from outside alone: dumbness is the objective spirit. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Ignorance, Isolation, Society, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ The culture industry not so much adapts to the reactions of its customers as it counterfeits them. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Consumerism, Deception, Manipulation, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ In the end indignation over kitsch is anger at tis shameless revelling in the joy of imitation. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Imitation, Indignation, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ Art is the social antithesis of society, not directly deducible from it. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Art, Society, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
+ A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Theodor Adorno, Honesty, Identity, Truthfulness, 0 Theodor Adorno Philosopher and sociologist · Germany
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies Jeanette Winterson Author · England
