Dissonance is the truth about harmony.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

The power of works of art still continues to be secretly nourished by imitation... kitsch

There is no love that is not an echo.

The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness

Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.