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.
Read MoreI've got a NICE COLLECTION of paintings - a Basquiat, a black-and-white Warhol that's like a Rorschach test, and I commissioned Takashi Murakami to do a ten-foot joint for me. It's almost like the explosion in Hiroshima with his FAMOUS SKELETON head. There's a wall above my fireplace reserved for it.
Read MoreI love that for Barack, there is no such THING as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a DEMOCRAT, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always READY to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in EVERYONE he meets.
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