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Ben Okri Quotes: "The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing."

The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.



Ben Okri Quotes: "We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination."

We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination.




Ben Okri Quotes: "When you can imagine you begin to create and when you begin to create you realize that you can create a world that you prefer to live in, rather than a world that you're suffering in."

When you can imagine you begin to create and when you begin to create you realize that you can create a world that you prefer to live in, rather than a world that you're suffering in.



Ben Okri Quotes: "We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings."

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.




Ben Okri Quotes: "Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world."

Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.



Ben Okri Quotes: "There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild."

There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals and nations live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and nations."

Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals and nations live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and nations.




Ben Okri Quotes: "The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time."

The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time.



Ben Okri Quotes: "What you see is what you make. What you see in a people is what you eventually create in them."

What you see is what you make. What you see in a people is what you eventually create in them.



Ben Okri Quotes: "The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell."

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 Quotes: "Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret."

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.



Ben Okri Quotes: "A man's greatest battles are the ones he fights within himself."

A man's greatest battles are the ones he fights within himself.




Ben Okri Quotes: "I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their emotion and history. Nobody has an absolute reality."

I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their emotion and history. Nobody has an absolute reality.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger."

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.



Ben Okri Quotes: "The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like."

The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.



Ben Okri Quotes: "This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down."

This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down.



Ben Okri Quotes: "We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human beings are gods hidden from themselves."

We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human beings are gods hidden from themselves.



Ben Okri Quotes: "I held you in the square And felt the evening Re-order itself around Your smile."

I held you in the square And felt the evening Re-order itself around Your smile.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it."

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Creativity is the art of the impossible"

Creativity is the art of the impossible



Ben Okri Quotes: "Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a greater life."

Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a greater life.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide."

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.



Ben Okri Quotes: "In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry."

In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected."

Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories"

Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories



Ben Okri Quotes: "Ghetto-dwellers are the great fantasists. There was an extraordinary vibrancy there, an imaginative life. When you are that poor, all you've got left is your belief in the imagination."

Ghetto-dwellers are the great fantasists. There was an extraordinary vibrancy there, an imaginative life. When you are that poor, all you've got left is your belief in the imagination.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Wholeness is the enemy of the artist. We ought to be broken, ruined in some way."

Wholeness is the enemy of the artist. We ought to be broken, ruined in some way.



Ben Okri Quotes: "To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something."

To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something.



Ben Okri Quotes: "An inner darkness is darker than an outer darkness."

An inner darkness is darker than an outer darkness.



Ben Okri Quotes: "I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable."

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable.



Ben Okri Quotes: "The greatest religions convert the world through stories."

The greatest religions convert the world through stories.



Ben Okri Quotes: "I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people."

I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.



Ben Okri Quotes: "One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity."

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.



Ben Okri Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "We can still astonish the gods in humanity And be the stuff of future legends, If we but dare to be real, And have the courage to see That this is the time to dream The best dream of them all."

We can still astonish the gods in humanity And be the stuff of future legends, If we but dare to be real, And have the courage to see That this is the time to dream The best dream of them all.



Ben Okri Quotes: "a dream can be the highest point of a life"

a dream can be the highest point of a life



Ben Okri Quotes: "Painters ought to be mute. Speech is the enemy of expression."

Painters ought to be mute. Speech is the enemy of expression.



Ben Okri Quotes: "I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare."

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare.



Ben Okri Quotes: "The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader."

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader.



Ben Okri Quotes: "If we are true, if we can love, if we have vision, if we can have courage, we can, we should, we ought to, we will."

If we are true, if we can love, if we have vision, if we can have courage, we can, we should, we ought to, we will.



Ben Okri Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "If we could be pure dancers in spirit we would never be afraid to love, and we would love with strength and wisdom."

If we could be pure dancers in spirit we would never be afraid to love, and we would love with strength and wisdom.



Ben Okri Quotes: "A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life."

A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.



Ben Okri Quotes: "We are living in enchanted time. With our spirits right."

We are living in enchanted time. With our spirits right.



Ben Okri Quotes: "I know that human beings are capable of anything."

I know that human beings are capable of anything.



Ben Okri Quotes: "I was going to be a scientist."

I was going to be a scientist.



Ben Okri Quotes: "Don't read what everyone else is reading. Check them out later, cautiously."

Don't read what everyone else is reading. Check them out later, cautiously.



Ben Okri Quotes: "If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft"

If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft



Ben Okri Quotes: "To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home."

To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home.