Proletarian Art Quotes

#1. To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public.

William Empson

#2. 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 Zedong

#3. Mars, we know, was once wet and warm. Was it home to life? And what can living and learning to work on its rust-colored surface teach us about the future of our own planet, Earth? Answering those mysteries may hold the key to our future.

Buzz Aldrin

#4. A woman is a creature that's always shopping.

Ovid

#5. The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art's sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art.

Upton Sinclair

#6. In my experience, the heavy-handed, terror-inspiring approach closes as many doors as it smashes open.

Dan Abnett

#7. A good wit will make use of anything.

William Shakespeare

#8. The good news about self publishing is you get to do everything yourself. The bad news about self publishing is you get to do everything yourself.

Lori Lesko

#9. I'm from the South, so I tend to tell stories. That's how we express ourselves.

Faith Prince