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

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

Theodor Adorno

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