​​​​​​​If we don’t have the pioneering spirit, if we’re afraid to take risks... - Deng Xiaoping

没有一点闯的精神,没有 ... 邓小平
Meiyou yidian chuangde jingsheng, meiyou ... Deng Xiaoping
​​​​​​​If we don’t have the pioneering spirit, if we’re afraid to take risks... - Deng Xiaoping
1992, August
Guangxi meishu chubanshe (广西美术出版社)
77x53 cm.
BG E13/208

Deng Xiaoping is the main architect of the economic reforms. He abolishes the idolization of political leaders; during his lifetime, his portrait appears on posters only very rarely. This Deng-quotation is illustrated with a photograph of a modern cityscape.

The full quotation, from a speech during Deng's 1992 Southern Tour:
没有一点闯的精神,没有一点‘冒’的精神,没有一股气呀、劲呀,就走不出一条好路,走不出一条新路,就干不出新的事业.
If we don’t have the pioneering spirit, if we’re afraid to take risks, if we have no energy and drive, we cannot break a new path, a good path, or accomplish anything new. (translation https://dengxiaopingworks.wordpress.com/)

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