In a speech presented at the exhibition, Gao stated that over the course of decades of writing, he has given ever-greater attention to the heart of literature-the art of language. To Gao, the only standard for judging literature is the beauty of its language, and language itself is a means of getting at "reality."
高行健在專題演講中表示，幾十年寫作下來，他越來越轉向文學的內部，也就是語言的藝術，以語言之美做為評價文學的唯一標準，並且藉語言來達到「真實」。