Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjianis a Chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature “for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity.” He is also a noted translator, screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter. In 1998, Gao was granted French citizenship...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 January 1940
CountryChina
Gao Xingjian quotes about
want sand
The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything.
fighting men good-man
A good man never fights with a woman.
voice want humans
When God talks to humans he doesn't want humans to hear his voice.
struggle life-is natural
Life is fragile, yet to obstinately struggle is natural.
hate love-and-hate together
Life is probably a tangle of love and hate permanently knotted together.
ideas produce aspiration
Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas.
personal-experiences
Realty exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience.
dream instant
They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack.
worry heaven world
You contemplate and you wander without any worries, between heaven and earth, in your own private world, and in this way you acquire supreme freedom.
strong hero want
I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.
writing reality self
If, while observing the boundless universe, the writer is able to scrutinise his own self as well as others, the resulting incisiveness of his observations will far surpass objective descriptions of reality.
truth refuse subservient
Truth refuses to be subservient to either politics or the market.
writing poetry making-love
Everybody can write poetry, just like everybody knows how to make love.
loneliness reflection ability
Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.