"Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum."

-- George Ayittey

#Intellectual Quotes #Colonialism Quotes #Rebel Quotes

“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”
“The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.”
“Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.”
“Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?”

Source : "The Conspiracy of Fiesco" by Friedrich Schiller, Act I, sc. xviii, 1783.
“One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.”
“Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.”
“Line is so versatile - you can do a fine, tight, closely observed description or simply put a line around an idea - like a cartoonist.”
“My pictures must first be beautiful, but that beauty is not enough. I strive to convey an underlying edge of anxiety, of isolation, of fear.”

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