Art Quotes

"The culture of the revolution must be proletarian in character and international in scope."

"The revolution generates its own culture, unbounded by bourgeois conventions."

"Art belongs to the people"

"Art must serve the state"

"The purpose of art is not to decorate walls, but to wage war against brutality and darkness."

"Art is not about perfection, it is about the artist and the public."

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd."

"Leisure and cultural life produce inspiration and idealism."

"Art without truth is merely decoration for the wealthy."

"Art belongs to the people, not to palaces and the privileged few."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"

"Art without ideology is nothing."

"Art is the reflection of class struggle."

"Art should serve the nation, not the individual artist."

"Beauty in art must serve the purposes of the state."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"Without tradition, art is a feeble and sickly thing."

"Art is the expression of a people's soul and spirit."

"Art must serve the revolution; the revolution must create the conditions for art."

"Art belongs to the people, not to the palaces of the rich."

"Remember always that the composer, the poet, the sculptor, the painter, the architect seeks to express the spirit of the age."

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life"

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth"

"To write is to confront the silence within ourselves and transform it into meaning."

"To understand art, one must be willing to be changed by it."

"Art has the power to heal what medicine cannot."

"Remember always that the composer, the poet, the sculptor, these are the makers of the civilization of the age."

"Art is not meant to be locked away in museums; it belongs in people's homes and hearts."

"Some people regard their own lives as an unfinished work of art."