Do you agree with Wright’s theory that artists and politicians stand at opposite poles?

im sure sure if the two professions can be qualified so exact - that they are necessarily opposites. but i think the point that wright is trying to make is the general belief of the artist or of the writer - that they are expresses. they YEARN to express. they yearn to inspire, to release. they have ideas in their minds that they want to make happen, that they want to write, that they want to paint. it comes from their passion. just as Wright, when he is in his sort of intellectual, expressive moods, when he has his realizations, he is passionate for life. he yearns for this ideal image that he has, for honesty, for truth. for pure human life. versus politics, which in wright's eyes, they are corrupt. the mind of the artist, which i believe this sort of mind exists even in the smallest bit in every human, is lost through politics. wright joined the communist party - because of his artistic views. he joined it because of its passion - but these politics, the complications, the corruption, the betrayal, and the deceit - they all existed. the pure passion of the heart, the passion for the unity of human life that wright yearns for is hidden within all the fear that is held in politics. within that fear, those ideals cannot be accomplished. wright believes in communism - he does, he believes that the world would be astounded once it was settled in a region. but he knows that through politics - it probably will never happen. those ideas are lost, and it becomes more about power and about fear rather than the original aim.