Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

The inadequacy of the purely purpose-oriented form is revealed for what it is-a monotonous, impoverished boring practicality.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

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

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order. Artistic productivity is the capacity for being voluntarily involuntary.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.