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Art, it is said, is not a mirror, but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes. — Leon Trotsky

Political literature

Art, it is said, is not a mirror, but a hammer: it does not reflect, it shapes.

Leon Trotsky
Literature and Revolution · 1924
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Effects of artArt
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Political literature
Time
1924
Person
Leon Trotsky
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Trotsky, Leon. Literature and Revolution, edited by William Keach. Haymarket Books, 2005.
Original citation
Trotsky, Leon. Литература и революция [Literature and Revolution]. Soviet Government, 1924.

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