I have done my plowing: I have sown my seed. Again I have time to sit and read my books.Tao Yuanming427★ 2.0
Nobel Prize Lecture · SpeechOnce literature is contrived as the hymn of the nation, the flag of the race, the mouthpiece of a political party or the voice of a class or a group it can be employed as a mighty and all-engulfing tool of propaganda. However, such literature loses what is inherent in literature, ceases to be literature, and becomes a substitute for power and profit.Gao XingjianThe Case for Literature · 2000★ 1.8