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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.

Ai Weiwei

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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Avoid Belief Carrodes Denies Ignorant Mankind Minded Misunderstanding Narrow Warmth
I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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Decide Looks New Shattering Thinking Valuable Way
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
I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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Confuse Confused Later People Realize Something Want
I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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Artist Cities New York
They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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Defend Difficulty Dramatic Handle Idea Liberal Men Women Shame Show
It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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Another Importantly Old People Shared Understand Wonder World Young
I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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Artist Boundaries Extend Looking Possible
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
If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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Always Condition Ideas Independent Right Want Way
I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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Change Distinct Person Purpose Thinking West
I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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Bear Independent Responsibility System Totally
I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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Controlled People Select System Working
I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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Fight Fighting Generation Same Want
The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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Different Evolution Immigrant Nation Thinking
I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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