There can be no real and effective 'freedom' in a society based on the power of money, in a society in which the masses of working people live in poverty and the handful of rich live like parasites.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners.

When feudalism was overthrown and "free" capitalist society appeared in the world, it at once became apparent that this freedom meant a new system of oppression and exploitation of the working people.

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.

To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers.