The liberating force of technology the instrumentalization of things turns into ... the instrumentalization of man.

The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

The Superego, in censoring the unconscious and in implanting conscience, also censors the censor.

Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.

I trust people with my eyes and ears wide open.

The lack of closeness among friends is a fault that cannot be reprimanded without becoming incurable.

Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means.

God loves to use ordinary people just like you and me, faults and all, to do extraordinary things.

People don’t care enough. They don’t get worked up enough. They don’t get angry enough. They don’t get passionate enough. I’d rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.

There is a big difference to someone being born with vision loss, to a kid having vision loss, to a senior having macular degeneration and losing their sight.

God knows, we don't want prayer.

Oh, don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know, [George] Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.