Author: Gao Xingjian

Quotes

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

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

- Gao Xingjian

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

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

- Gao Xingjian

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

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

- Gao Xingjian

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.

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

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

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

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