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for a definition of socialist art
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were knifed in the back
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by Trotsky and the others.
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Those who two months
after taking the Winter Palace,
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accepted imperialist language
:47:24
to sign the peace treaty
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of Brest-Litovsk.
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Art doesn't reproduce the visible.
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It makes visible.
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But the aesthetic effect
is imaginary.
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Yes, but the imaginary
doesn't reflect reality.
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It's the reality of the reflection.
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You sometimes hear statements like,
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Use only three colours.
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The three primary colours,
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blue, yellow and red.
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Perfectly pure
and perfectly balanced,
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on the pretext that
all the other colours are there.
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For everything we see,
:48:32
we must consider three things.
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The position of the seeing eye,
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of the object seen
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and of the source of light.
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Perhaps reality
:48:50
hasn't yet appeared to anyone.
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As for us...
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we demand the unity
of politics and art.