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Ai Weiwei

Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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Clear Dignity Mountain Nationality Ocean Old Politics Started
To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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Country Critical Dangerous Figure Government Media Symbolic
Creativity is the power to act.
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Act Creativity Power
The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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Children Country Future Issue Job Know Leadership Mean Solve
You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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Classic Condition Discussion Fantasies Related Sickening Today
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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Controversial Curated Mean People Shock Trying
That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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Competition Country Face Measure Open Resort
Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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Art Artist Character Course People Thinking
A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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Act Million Motivational Small Thought Wisdom Wise
We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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Civilized Create Dangerous Different Human Stop Tension Thinking
The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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Civilization Freedom Important Level Society Speech
In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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Ago Art Contemporary Museum Until Year
If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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Abused Arrest Disturbing During High Killed People
They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
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Ability Adult Beautiful Decision Judgement Lack Learned Proper Skillful Taught Young
But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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Art Beyond Character Consciousness Country Personality Related Think Understanding Work
You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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Complicated Issue Looked Somebody Still

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