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success

Ben Okri | success

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

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politics

Ben Okri | politics

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

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poetry

Ben Okri | poetry

I’m conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There’s hardly a day that goes past on which I don’t write poetry.

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Love

Ben Okri | love

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.

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inspirational

Ben Okri | inspirational

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.

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All Quotes

Ben Okri | imagination

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.

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future

Ben Okri | future

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

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Fear

Ben Okri | fear

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

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failure

Ben Okri | 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.

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courage

Ben Okri | courage

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.

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