The enterprise of describing something in language that has never been described before is a very difficult thing to do. When you… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Language is inherently not concerned with logic. As an expression of the psychological activities of humankind, it simply follows a linear process… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
The human need for language is not simply for the transmission of meaning, it is at the same time listening to and… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“Another issue was language, the problem of expressing these themes in language and the problem of how much one can articulate in… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“When a man gets to middle age shouldn’t he look for a peaceful and stable existence, find a not-too-demanding sort of a job, stay… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Literature transcends national boundaries, racial boundaries. It goes deep into the issues that concern all human beings. That is why, when people read Greek… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
If you're not perfectly conscious of yourself, that self can be tyrannical; in relationship to others, anyone can become a tyrant. That's why no… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Since childhood, I'd dreamed of making a film, but producers in France and Germany wanted to make commercial films with chinoiserie. I refused. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Literature hasn't come up with any new themes. The literature of all different times - it's still dealing with how one resolves issues of… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
“Yours is much worse than Eastern! You’ve slapped together travel notes, moralistic ramblings, feelings, notes, jottings, untheoretical discussions, unfable-like fables, copied out some folk… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
The enterprise of describing something in language that has never been described before is a very difficult thing to do. When you decide to… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
When I completed writing 'Soul Mountain,' I more or less closed the accounts with China for myself. I was 50 years old when I… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
Body odour (known also as scent of the immortals) is a disgusting condition with an awful, nauseating smell. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
If, while observing the boundless universe, the writer is able to scrutinise his own self as well as others, the resulting incisiveness of his… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
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