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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Little Village mural mystery solved; now Aurelio Diaz work is in line for a restoration

The “Education for the People” mural was painted on a wall near Cermak Road and California Avenue in the 1970s by artist Aurelio Diaz. (Robert Herguth/Sun-Times)
Painted in English and Spanish as part of an aging mural near Cermak Road and California Avenue are the words: “Where do correct ideas come from? Do they drop from the skies? No. Are they innate in the mind? No. They come from social practice and from it alone.”

The quote, easy enough to find, is from the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

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