Tuesday, 14 July 2020

10 QUOTES BY PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA



“And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.” Wole Soyinka

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” Wole Soyinka

“But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.” Wole Soyinka

“And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.” Wole Soyinka

“But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing.” Wole Soyinka

“Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.” Wole Soyinka

“I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper.” Wole Soyinka

“I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.” Wole Soyinka

“I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.” Wole Soyinka


“My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.” Wole Soyinka
10 Quotes by Professor Wole Soyinka’s
“And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.” Wole Soyinka

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” Wole Soyinka

“But the ultimate lesson is just sit down and write. That's all.” Wole Soyinka

“And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.” Wole Soyinka

“But when you're deprived of it for a lengthy period then you value human companionship. But you have to survive and so you devise all kinds of mental exercises and it's amazing.” Wole Soyinka

“Even when I'm writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I'm writing for.” Wole Soyinka

“I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper.” Wole Soyinka

“I think that feeling that if one believed absolutely in any cause, then one must have the confidence, the self-certainty, to go through with that particular course of action.” Wole Soyinka

“I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.” Wole Soyinka

“My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.” Wole Soyinka

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