"Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people……" — Gao Xingjian
"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."
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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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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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