Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They finance the poets and help them get published. That isn't so in China.… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human existence. It came into the world when humans did. It's what makes human beings human. — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
“the bouquet Between me and the world you are a bay, a sail the faithful ends of a rope you are a fountain, a… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
The name Bei Dao was actually given to me with the help of friends. When we were publishing our unofficial magazine, Today, we wanted… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
As a writer, the most important thing for me is to continue to write, no matter where I am. — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends and people… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me. — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
In the world I am Always a stranger I do not understand its language It does not understand my silence — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
Bei Dao became the most well-known name for me because of certain criticism of my work. Bei Dao was the name under which my… — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
