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Gao Xingjian Quotes

Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas Picture Quote #1

It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth Picture Quote #1

Young man, nature is not frightening, it’s people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he’s capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man Picture Quote #1

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? Picture Quote #1

You contemplate and you wander without any worries, between heaven and earth, in your own private world, and in this way you acquire supreme freedom Picture Quote #1

They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack Picture Quote #1

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Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It’s the blind mass that crushes the individual Picture Quote #1

Everybody can write poetry, just like everybody knows how to make love Picture Quote #1

When you’re telling a story, you’ve got to give details Picture Quote #1

Truth refuses to be subservient to either politics or the market Picture Quote #1

You’re safe only when you can’t see anybody Picture Quote #1

I want to write a novel so profound that it would suffocate a fly Picture Quote #1

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The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything Picture Quote #1

A good man never fights with a woman Picture Quote #1

Realty exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience Picture Quote #1

Life is probably a tangle of love and hate permanently knotted together Picture Quote #1

Life is fragile, yet to obstinately struggle is natural Picture Quote #1

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they’re closer to the self Picture Quote #1

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Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence Picture Quote #1

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens Picture Quote #1

Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature Picture Quote #1

I believe in science but I also believe in fate Picture Quote #1

Literature is subservient to nothing but truth Picture Quote #1

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life Picture Quote #1

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Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it? Picture Quote #1

With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive Picture Quote #1

You should know that there is little you can seek in this world, that there is no need for you to be so greedy, in the end all you can achieve are memories, hazy, intangible, dreamlike memories which are impossible to articulate. When you try to relate them, there are only sentences, the dregs left from the filter of linguistic structures Picture Quote #1

When you use words, you’re able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence Picture Quote #1

Men always look differently at women, even if it’s not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such Picture Quote #1

What is essential is whether it is perceived and not whether it exists. To exist and yet not to be perceived is the same as not exist Picture Quote #1

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Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas (Gao Xingjian Quotes) It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Young man, nature is not frightening, it’s people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he’s capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man (Gao Xingjian Quotes) In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? (Gao Xingjian Quotes) You contemplate and you wander without any worries, between heaven and earth, in your own private world, and in this way you acquire supreme freedom (Gao Xingjian Quotes) They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It’s the blind mass that crushes the individual (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Everybody can write poetry, just like everybody knows how to make love (Gao Xingjian Quotes) When you’re telling a story, you’ve got to give details (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Truth refuses to be subservient to either politics or the market (Gao Xingjian Quotes) You’re safe only when you can’t see anybody (Gao Xingjian Quotes) I want to write a novel so profound that it would suffocate a fly (Gao Xingjian Quotes) The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything (Gao Xingjian Quotes) A good man never fights with a woman (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Realty exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Life is probably a tangle of love and hate permanently knotted together (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Life is fragile, yet to obstinately struggle is natural (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Dreams are more real than reality itself, they’re closer to the self (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature (Gao Xingjian Quotes) I believe in science but I also believe in fate (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Literature is subservient to nothing but truth (Gao Xingjian Quotes) If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it? (Gao Xingjian Quotes) With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive (Gao Xingjian Quotes) You should know that there is little you can seek in this world, that there is no need for you to be so greedy, in the end all you can achieve are memories, hazy, intangible, dreamlike memories which are impossible to articulate. When you try to relate them, there are only sentences, the dregs left from the filter of linguistic structures (Gao Xingjian Quotes) When you use words, you’re able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence (Gao Xingjian Quotes) Men always look differently at women, even if it’s not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such (Gao Xingjian Quotes) What is essential is whether it is perceived and not whether it exists. To exist and yet not to be perceived is the same as not exist (Gao Xingjian Quotes)

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