Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.
WOLE SOYINKABut theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That’s why I call it the most social of the various art forms.
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You have the entire gamut of human experience captured in the mythology of the Yoruba. This is what makes the Yoruba mythology a natural source material for me in my creative endeavours.
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The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the people and demonstrate what is possible.
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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.
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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.
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What I teach is literary criticism and comparative literature and so on and that’s my function, but from time to time it’s possible for me actually to help a writer. I read something and something strikes me then, I feel I can talk to that writer about it.
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There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other people.
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Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.
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You cannot live a normal existence if you haven’t taken care of a problem that affects your life and affects the lives of others, values that you hold which in fact define your very existence.
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I have one abiding religion-human liberty.
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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
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We all have our individual artistic temperaments as well as partisanships in creative directions. And we have strong opinions on the merits of the products of our occupation.
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We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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