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> [I found everything so remote but, at the same time, familiar when I occasionally looked into the mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums depicted in old literati paintings. My innermost feeling which was awakened by the same mountains, rocks, pine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xiaogang/i-found-everything-so-remote-but-at-the-same-time-familiar-when-i/)

[Zhang Xiaogang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xiaogang/)

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## Other authors on Deep down

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deep-down/rajneesh/)

## More by Zhang Xiaogang

> [As an artist, the most important feeling is loneliness. So when I say artists need to isolate themselves from society this is what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xiaogang/as-an-artist-the-most-important-feeling-is-loneliness-so-when-i-say/)

[Zhang Xiaogang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xiaogang/)

> [Good art is born from knowing yourself deeply: Your art cannot hide how much you have discovered about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xiaogang/good-art-is-born-from-knowing-yourself-deeply-your-art-cannot-hide/)

[Zhang Xiaogang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xiaogang/)

> [Art isn't a science or a job; it's alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xiaogang/art-isn-t-a-science-or-a-job-it-s-alive/)

[Zhang Xiaogang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xiaogang/)

> [I found everything so remote but, at the same time, familiar when I occasionally looked into the mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums depicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xiaogang/i-found-everything-so-remote-but-at-the-same-time-familiar-when-i/)

[Zhang Xiaogang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xiaogang/)

> [I have the belief that a person and his art should have one direction; your work should be a synonym for your person -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xiaogang/i-have-the-belief-that-a-person-and-his-art-should-have-one-direction/)

[Zhang Xiaogang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xiaogang/)

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