On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human existence. It came into the world when humans did. It's what makes human beings human.
Bei Dao became the most well-known name for me because of certain criticism of my work. Bei Dao was the name under which my work was criticized. So I… - Bei Dao
Bei Dao became the most well-known name for me because of certain criticism of my work. Bei Dao was the name under which my work was criticized. So I…
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The name Bei Dao was actually given to me with the help of friends. When we were publishing our unofficial magazine, Today, we wanted to avoid being … - Bei Dao
The name Bei Dao was actually given to me with the help of friends. When we were publishing our unofficial magazine, Today, we wanted to avoid being …
Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They… - Bei Dao
Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They…
On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human existence. It came into the wo… - Bei Dao
On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human existence. It came into the wo…
I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends and people I know. I am writing for that … - Bei Dao
I don't think of writing my poems for China or for the world. I mainly think of a small audience of friends and people I know. I am writing for that …
Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without heroes I just want to be a man. - Bei Dao
Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without heroes I just want to be a man.
Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and the hunted. - Bei Dao
Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and the hunted.
Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me. - Bei Dao
Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me.
In the world I am Always a stranger I do not understand its language It does not understand my silence - Bei Dao
In the world I am Always a stranger I do not understand its language It does not understand my silence
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