“Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.” — Ben Okri Quote

“Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.”

“As a society, we can't hide from the future; we have to build and own it.”

“When you're a front man for a band, there's nowhere to hide. It took me a long time to get used to that. But music is my first love. I started singing when I talked.”