But 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.
WOLE SOYINKAThere’s a lot of insincerity about the actions of our legislators; they create distractions – like this anti-gay law you alluded to – and try to mobilise, to exacerbate people’s emotions. Until the legislators started making laws, people minded, generally, their own business.
More Wole Soyinka Quotes
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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.
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I never hesitated, as a student, in embracing the necessity of violence. In South Africa, I didn’t just accept it; I looked forward to it as a mission.
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If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?
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Some of us – poets are not exactly poets. We live sometimes – beyond the word.
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I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger and to the power and force of people who might despise me.
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When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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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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It’s the place to begin, always — to return to home, literally.
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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
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For me, a writer is already being the deuce of his mission, his occupation to society.
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The youth should come together to challenge the status quo. They must not give up.
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I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.
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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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The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.
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The media owes the responsibility to constantly tell the public the truth.
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