What did Chinua Achebe mean by: If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria Copy
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Integrity, Refusal, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Desire, Movement, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Ignorance, Knowledge, Mysteries, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Change, Movement, Perception, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Damage, Repair, Time, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
Poetry and slave trading cannot be bedfellows. That’s where I stand. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Morality, Poetry, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Family, Madness, Shame, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Chinua Achebe, Despair, Resilience, Surprise, 0 Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
