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

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
Mao Zedong

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Zedong

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
Mao Zedong

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
Mao Zedong

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
Mao Zedong

Let a hundred flowers bloom.
Mao Zedong

To read too many books is harmful.
Mao Zedong