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