Author: 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

I am one year older than Nigeria at 51. In a human life, 51 might be old. But it is very young for a nation. By that, I mean a Nigeria conscious of itself as a nation.

I am one year older than Nigeria at 51. In a human life, 51 might be old. But it is very young for a nation. By that, I mean a Nigeria conscious of itself as a nation.

- Ben Okri

Artists and writers have to deal with the element that makes the real real and the dream real while you are dreaming it. That's where stories and poems get their power.

Artists and writers have to deal with the element that makes the real real and the dream real while you are dreaming it. That's where stories and poems get their power.

- Ben Okri

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.

I learned that life will go through changes - up and down and up again. It's what life does.

- Ben Okri

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

- Ben Okri

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

Politics is the art of the possible; creativity is the art of the impossible.

- Ben Okri

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