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.
MAO ZEDONGSwollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
More Mao Zedong Quotes
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated.
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I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses.
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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.
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Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.
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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself.
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Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
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We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well.
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The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
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Learn from the masses, and then teach them.
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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
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