Gao Xingjian Quotes - Page 3

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• Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas.

  Gao Xingjian

  Ideas, Produce, Aspiration

  "Soul Mountain". Book by Gao Xingjian, 1990.

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• 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 not wouldn't make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated.

  Gao Xingjian

  Book, Reading, Differences

  Gao Xingjian (2000). “Soul Mountain”

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• Men always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.

  Gao Xingjian

  Men, Looks, Intention

  Gao Xingjian (2000). “Soul Mountain”

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• When you're telling a story, you've got to give details.

  Gao Xingjian

  Giving, Details, Stories

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• 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.

  Gao Xingjian

  Baby, Men, Intelligent

  Gao Xingjian (2000). “Soul Mountain”

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• 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, Views, Males

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• Man tends to think that he is a creator, that he is like God. This is especially true of intellectuals, and in the last century, intellectuals tended to forget that they were like everyone else. Writing this book was a description of man going from a state of God back to a state of man, back to being a normal person.

  Gao Xingjian

  Book, Writing, Men

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• I want to write a novel so profound that it would suffocate a fly.

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  Writing, Profound, Want

  Gao Xingjian (2009). “Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories”, p.76, Zondervan

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• The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything.

  Gao Xingjian

  Want, Sand

  Gao Xingjian (2009). “Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories”, p.78, Zondervan

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• Body odour (known also as scent of the immortals) is a disgusting condition with an awful, nauseating smell.

  Gao Xingjian

  Smell, Body, Scent

  Gao Xingjian (2000). “Soul Mountain”

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• When God talks to humans he doesn't want humans to hear his voice.

  Gao Xingjian

  Voice, Want, Humans

  "Soul Mountain". Book by Gao Xingjian, 1990.

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