It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
AI WEIWEIIn the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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