Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a … - Theodor Adorno

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The cozy fire is bright and gay, The merry kettle boils away and hums a cheerful song. I sing the saucer and the cup; Pray, Mary, fill the teapot up, And do not make it strong

Theodor Adorno

Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory.

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Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they’re only animals.

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It is not the office of art to spotlight alternatives, but to resist by its form alone the course of the world, which permanently puts a pistol to men's heads.

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