What was Mayakovsky's view on revolutionary art?
Revolutionary art is not a pretty trinket for the elite to admire! It is a tool, a weapon! The street is our canvas, the square our stage. Art must serve the revolution, not decorate it. It must be loud, it must be clear, it must march forward like an army. I scorn sentimental drivel, the 'art for art's sake' of the old world. My work is built with the strength of steel, with the urgency of a factory siren. I shout for the future, for a world forged by the people, and my art is the hammer that shapes it.
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