African Quotes About Art
16 African sayings about art — 3 proverbs, 13 quotes.
About these art sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under art: 3 proverbs, 13 quotes. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.
They come from Nigeria (10) and Egypt (4).
Named writers and speakers on this subject include Chinua Achebe (6), Naguib Mahfouz (4) and Wole Soyinka (3).
A few from this collection:
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
- Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
- It is crooked wood that shows the best sculptor.
Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Hard Work, Education, Literature and Love.
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