Senegalese Poets Quotes & Sayings

Genius is individual, scenius is communal. — Brian Eno

According to one critic, my works looked like scraped billboards. I went to look at the billboards and decided that more billboards should be scraped. — Mark Tobey

No other group has internalized its self-hatred as much as blacks have. It would be difficult to find other groups who behave similarly in that their most esteemed members berate its poorest members. — Michael Eric Dyson

It is a work of psychogeography, albeit in a less explicit sense than Iain Sinclair's or Will Self's. It had to be fiction though, because I needed that freedom of including whatever belonged, and cutting out whatever didn't. The main fiction in it was matching Julius' generous and self-concealing character to New York's generous and self-concealing character. I think this also adds to my answer about New York's personality in the book. — Teju Cole

Better the cruelty of family than loving neglect that leaves a child unready for a savage universe. — Morgan Blayde

In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody. — Biz Stone

I have a daughter, and it's a very bad message to send to my daughter that to be valid or accepted or to have value, you have to look a certain way. It's all about appearance, and not about education and not about contributing. I think we've completely lost our way. — Christopher Cross

If I see three oranges, I have to juggle. And if I see two towers, I have to walk. — Philippe Petit

I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend. — Mohsin Hamid

People always said that things never turned out the way you imagined they would. People were wrong — Cassandra Clare