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Ben Okri Quotes

A man’s greatest battles are the ones he fights within himself Picture Quote #1

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide Picture Quote #1

The earliest storytellers were magi, seers, bards, griots, shamans. They were, it would seem, old as time, and as terrifying to gaze upon as the mysteries with which they wrestled .. (they) helped the community live though one more darkness, with eyes wide open, and with hearts set alight Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It’s what life does Picture Quote #1

I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing ‘Famished Road,’ which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it Picture Quote #1

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Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories Picture Quote #1

We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact of dying, and the amazing indifference of the Living in the midst of the simple beauties of the universe. We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends’ floors, was happy, was miserable Picture Quote #1

Literature doesn’t have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is very African in his appetite for life, his largeness of spirit. The characters of Turgenev are ghetto dwellers. Dickens characters are Nigerians Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self Picture Quote #1

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man Picture Quote #1

Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities Picture Quote #1

I study people all the time. For some reason, we’re not very good at seeing what’s there or hearing what we’re hearing Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things Picture Quote #1

When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self Picture Quote #1

Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly Picture Quote #1

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity Picture Quote #1

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends’ floors, was happy, was miserable Picture Quote #1

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Don’t neglect the gold in your own back yard Picture Quote #1

Painters ought to be mute. Speech is the enemy of expression Picture Quote #1

Creativity is the art of the impossible Picture Quote #1

People are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves Picture Quote #1

I know that human beings are capable of anything Picture Quote #1

Don’t read what everyone else is reading. Check them out later, cautiously Picture Quote #1

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A man’s greatest battles are the ones he fights within himself (Ben Okri Quotes) Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide (Ben Okri Quotes) The earliest storytellers were magi, seers, bards, griots, shamans. They were, it would seem, old as time, and as terrifying to gaze upon as the mysteries with which they wrestled .. (they) helped the community live though one more darkness, with eyes wide open, and with hearts set alight (Ben Okri Quotes) 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 Quotes) I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It’s what life does (Ben Okri Quotes) I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing ‘Famished Road,’ which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it (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 (Ben Okri Quotes) We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact of dying, and the amazing indifference of the Living in the midst of the simple beauties of the universe. We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see (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 (Ben Okri Quotes) I went to London because, for me, it was the home of literature. I went there because of Dickens and Shakespeare (Ben Okri Quotes) I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends’ floors, was happy, was miserable (Ben Okri Quotes) Literature doesn’t have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is very African in his appetite for life, his largeness of spirit. The characters of Turgenev are ghetto dwellers. Dickens characters are Nigerians (Ben Okri Quotes) 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 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 (Ben Okri Quotes) When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self (Ben Okri Quotes) One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man (Ben Okri Quotes) Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities (Ben Okri Quotes) I study people all the time. For some reason, we’re not very good at seeing what’s there or hearing what we’re hearing. (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. (Ben Okri Quotes) Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things. (Ben Okri Quotes) When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self. (Ben Okri Quotes) Home can be the friend you have been searching for all your life or the person you met once very briefly. (Ben Okri Quotes) One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. (Ben Okri Quotes) I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends’ floors, was happy, was miserable. (Ben Okri Quotes) Don’t neglect the gold in your own back yard (Ben Okri Quotes) Painters ought to be mute. Speech is the enemy of expression (Ben Okri Quotes) Creativity is the art of the impossible (Ben Okri Quotes) People are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves (Ben Okri Quotes) I know that human beings are capable of anything (Ben Okri Quotes) Don’t read what everyone else is reading. Check them out later, cautiously (Ben Okri Quotes)

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