"In the history of literature there are many……" — Gao Xingjian
"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?"
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21 Quotes by Gao Xingjian
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Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self.
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For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned.…
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Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
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Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.
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Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature.
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Men always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.
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I believe in science but I also believe in fate.
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Soul Mountain, the story of one man’s quest for inner peace and freedom.
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Reality is myself, reality is only the perception of this instant and it can't be related to another person.
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If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.
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Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the…
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