Marxism is about leisure, not labour. It is a project that should be eagerly supported by all those who dislike having to work. It holds that the most precious activities are those done simply for the hell of it, and that art is in this sense the paradigm of authentic human activity
Eagleton, Terry. “Indomitable.” Rev. of How to Change the World: Marx and Marxism 1840-2011, by Eric Hobsbawm. London Review of Books 33.5 (2011): 13-14. 25 Feb. 2011 <http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n05/terry-eagleton/indomitable>.
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Nick was born in Birmingham, England in 1953 and completed his Bachelor of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1977 followed by a Fellowship in Painting at Sunderland Polytechnic in 1978.
