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.

I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject and I almost don't understand why some people don't.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound and when you understand it it is only ridiculous.

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.