“I believe that Jesus was both priest and poet. Imagine those powerful parables! My experience as a priest tells me it's not possible to reach the hearts of the congregants without a bit of poetry and storytelling.” BelieveHeartJesusI BelieveBitsPowerfulImaginePoetStorytellingPriestsParables Author:Uwem Akpan
“I don't believe in the art-for-art's-sake philosophy. With the raw material before me and the gifts within me, I did my best to celebrate the voices and intelligence and sweetness and dreams of the children in spite of their chaotic, outer worlds.” WorldBelieveChildrenArtPhilosophyDreamVoiceMaterialsDon't BelieveSakeCelebrateSpiteSweetnessChaoticRaw MaterialsOuter Worlds Author:Uwem Akpan
“I believe artists should be able to step into other people's situations, contexts and cultures and work from there. If artists don't have that freedom, then, as someone has said, are we all writing our autobiographies?” PeopleIfsShouldWritingBelieveSaidAbleArtistCultureI BelieveSituationStepsAutobiography Author:Uwem Akpan
