There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

Quote by Mao Tse-Tung

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All reactionaries are paper tigers.

All reactionaries are paper tigers.

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to...

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to...

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...

We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.

We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture,...

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture,...

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...

Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under...

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants

The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea.

Women hold up half the sky.

Women hold up half the sky.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack;...

The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack;...

Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems.

Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems.

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum