{"id":504,"date":"2021-02-17T00:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T00:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/?p=504"},"modified":"2023-02-02T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T20:21:21","slug":"gao-xingjian-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/gao-xingjian-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gao Xingjian Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gaofeb2.jpg\" alt=\"Gao Xingjian Quotes\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gaofeb2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.goldenproverbs.com\/testsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gaofeb2-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He is a writer of prose, critic, translator, dramatist and artist. A number of his works have been translated into various languages, and today several of his plays are being produced in various parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>He also Gao Xingjian paints in ink and has had some thirty international exhibitions and provides the cover illustrations for his own books.<br \/>\n(1940 &#8211; )<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8211; Gao Xingjian Quotes &#8211;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is essential is whether it is perceived and not whether it exists. To exist and yet not to be perceived is the same as not exist.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When you use words, you&#8217;re able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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&#8217;s worlds.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A good man never fights with a woman.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Realty exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Life is probably a tangle of love and hate permanently knotted together.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he\u2018s 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<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When God talks to humans he doesn\u2019t want humans to hear his voice.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Life is fragile, yet to obstinately struggle is natural.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For me, writing [was] a question of survival. I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own family could turn you in.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>~ Gao Xingjian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He is a writer of prose, critic, translator, dramatist and artist. A number of his works have been translated into various languages, and today several of his plays are being produced in various parts of the world. He also Gao Xingjian paints in ink and has had some thirty international exhibitions and provides the cover illustrations for his own books. (1940 &#8211; ) &#8211; Gao Xingjian Quotes &#8211; What is essential is whether it is perceived and not whether it exists. 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