Author: Chinua Achebe

Quotes

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

- Chinua Achebe

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

- Chinua Achebe

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

- Chinua Achebe

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

- Chinua Achebe

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

- Chinua Achebe

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