Gao Xingjian Quotes

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?
Gao Xingjian

Love, Makes, Holy

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.
Gao Xingjian

Women, Men, Possible

Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.
Gao Xingjian

Experience, Political, Individual

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.
Gao Xingjian

Society, Strong, Hero

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.
Gao Xingjian

Life, Compromise, Concession

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?
Gao Xingjian

Great, History, Writing

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
Gao Xingjian

Life, Truth, True

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
Gao Xingjian

Point, Literature, Oneself

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
Gao Xingjian

Mind, Writing, Words

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Born: January 4, 1940

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