Gao Xingjian believes that the religious spirit is a yearning for liberation, and that not only writers and artists but everyone needs spiritual liberation.
高行健認為，宗教情懷是一種解脫，不只是作家、藝術家需要，每個人都需要精神上的解脫，也就是希臘古老諺語說的「淨化心靈」。