Author: Wole Soyinka

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I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.

I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.

- Wole Soyinka

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

- Wole Soyinka

Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

- Wole Soyinka

I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.

I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.

- Wole Soyinka

Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.

Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.

- Wole Soyinka

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity.

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity.

- Wole Soyinka

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

- Wole Soyinka

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

- Wole Soyinka

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