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HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORS
THE AURA FADES IN MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION
PROGRESS AS CATASTROPHE
MODERNITY IS THE TRANSIENT
MEMORY IS NOT AN INSTRUMENT
DIALECTICS AT A STANDSTILL
THE COLLECTOR LIBERATES OBJECTS FROM UTILITY
TRANSLATION ILLUMINATES ITS ORIGINAL
HISTORY DECAYS INTO IMAGES, NOT STORIES
THE PAST CARRIES A SECRET INDEX
TRADITION IS THE CATASTROPHE OF MODERNITY
LANGUAGE IS THE ARCHIVE OF UNSENSUOUS SIMILARITIES
TECHNOLOGY SERVES TO ORGANIZE THE RELATIONSHIP TO COSMOS ANEW
TRUTH IS THE DEATH OF INTENTION
CAPITALISM IS A RELIGION WITHOUT DOGMA
CRITIQUE IS A MATTER OF CORRECT DISTANCING
THE IMAGE IS DIALECTICS AT A STANDSTILL
EVERY DOCUMENT OF CIVILIZATION IS ALSO ONE OF BARBARISM
CONSTELLATION FORMS BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT MOMENTS
AWAKENING IS THE DIALECTICAL SYNTHESIS OF DREAM AND WAKING
TO ARTICULATE THE PAST HISTORICALLY MEANS TO SEIZE HOLD OF A MEMORY
THE MODERN EYE CANNOT SEE WHAT IT DOES NOT KNOW
EXPERIENCE HAS FALLEN IN VALUE IN THE EPOCH OF REPRODUCTION