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Category Archive: Nigerian

Ben Okri Quote: “You cannot come to a Nigerian…”

You cannot come to a Nigerian restaurant without having pepper soup.

November 29, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “When you can imagine you begin…”

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.

November 15, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “The magician and the politician have…”

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

November 13, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’…”

‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ had a formative effect on me. I think it’s one of those works that if you encounter it very early you’re doubly enchanted by the beauty of the language and the strangeness of the vision. It stays with you.

August 30, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “I was going to be a…”

I was going to be a scientist.

August 13, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “Some of my reactions are very…”

Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things.

August 7, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “When I write a poem, I…”

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.

August 7, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “To sustain your belief through situations…”

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

August 5, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “Artists and writers have to deal…”

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.

July 18, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “Our time here is magic! It’s…”

Our time here is magic! It’s the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It’s the only space.

July 8, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

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