To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public.


Some Versions of Pastoral (1935)

William Empson Quotes

To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist...

To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist...

To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist...

To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist...