Quote by Wole Soyinka
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being. – Wole Soyinka

Other quotes by Wole Soyinka

But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. Thats why I call it the most social of the various art forms. – Wole Soyinka

Category:
Art
Read Quote

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. Wed meet, theyd come and seek me out, wed talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine. – Wole Soyinka

Category:
Future
Read Quote

Im not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That Ive never understood. – Wole Soyinka

Category:
Morning
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Music
category

I think its important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet. – Norah Jones

Category:
Music

Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. – Frank Zappa

Category:
Music

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time. – David Bowie

Category:
Music

I like to comprehend more or less everything around me – apart from the creation of my music. Its an obsessive character trait thats getting worse. I dont switch the light on and off 15 times before I leave the room yet, but somethings going wrong. – Robert Plant

Category:
Music

Random Quotes

The record companys worst fear is that youll fall in love or get rich. – Maynard James Keenan

Category:
Fear

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water. – Miguel de Cervantes

Category:
Truth

There are no miracles for those that have no faith in them. – Proverb

Category:
Miracles

That is ever the way. Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. – J. M. Barrie

Category:
Jealousy