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Ben Okri Quotes

Ben Okri quotes

Nigerian Poet, Writer March 15, 1959

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You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future..."
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of..."
Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible. Ben Okri
It may be that what you could be haunts you. It is real. It is a weight you have to carry around. Each failure to become, to be, is a weight. Each state you could inhabit is a burden as heavy as any physical weight, but more so, because it weighs on your soul. It is the ghost of your possibilities hanging around your neck, an invisible albatros, potentials unknowingly murdered. Ben Okri
To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind, who can walk a silver line in hell or madness. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "It is easier to get lost within sight of the palace. [...]..."
It is easier to get lost within sight of the palace. [...] Hope makes all things near, and so can prove treacherous. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide."
Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide. Ben Okri
The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure. Ben Okri
This earth that we live on is full of stories in the same way that, for a fish, the ocean is full of ocean. Some people say when we are born we’re born into stories. I say we’re also born from stories. Ben Okri
It is not important for me as a writer that you leave a piece of writing of mine with either an agreement or even a resonance with what I have said. What is important is that you leave with the resonance of what you have felt and what you thought in reaction to that. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart..."
Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "I went to London because, for me, it was the home of..."
I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare. Ben Okri
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home."
To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "Don't read what everyone else is reading. Check them out..."
Don't read what everyone else is reading. Check them out later, cautiously. Ben Okri

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