410 Quotes by Chinua Achebe

My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity.

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity that it's this or maybe that you have just one large statement; it is this.

When we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.

Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this.