Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.
Theodor AdornoA successful work of art is not one which resolves objective contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of harmony negatively by embodying the contradictions, pure and uncompromised, in its innermost structure.
Theodor AdornoThe idea that after this war life will continue 'normally' or even that culture might be 'rebuilt' - as if the rebuilding of culture were not already its negation - is idiotic.
Theodor AdornoAll satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.
Theodor Adorno