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The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.

The human is indissolubly linked with imitation: a human being only becomes human at all by imitating other human beings.

Theodor Adorno
Empathy, Imitating Others, Imitation
Theodor W. Adorno, E. F. N. Jephcott (2005). “Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life”, p.154, Verso

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

Theodor Adorno
Art, Kitsch, Imitation
Theodor W. Adorno, Richard D. Leppert, Susan H. Gillespie (2002). “Essays on Music: Theodor W. Adorno ; Selected, with Introduction, Commentary, and Notes by Richard Leppert ; New Translations by Susan H. Gillespie”, p.364, Univ of California Press

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