What did Chinua Achebe mean by: The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation. - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria Copy
+ A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Friendly, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
+ I teach literature. That’s easy for me. Take someone else’s work and talk about it. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Literature, Teach, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
+ Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Art, Human, Serious, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
+ If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Sides, Stories, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
+ Those whose kernels were cracked by benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Forget, Humble, Spirit, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
+ My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Son, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
+ There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Beaten, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
+ A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chinua Achebe, Greatness, Pay, 0 - Chinua Achebe Novelist · Nigeria
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
