I never think any place is better than others.
AI WEIWEIThey 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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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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