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It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.

Ai Weiwei

Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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Learning New Practice Rewarding Something
After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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China Long Periods
If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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Laughing Look Successful
He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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Anyone Calm Cra Danger Knowledge Modern Require Road Technology Vehicle
I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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Artist Cities New York
I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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Act Everyone Government People Pollution Regret Street Unhealthy Walking Weibo
The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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Anything Art Artwork Happen Winning
I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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Abstract Art Everybody Freedom Need Thinking
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Art Life never Separate
I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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Citizen Father Party Pushed Writer Writing Young
[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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Art Attitude Culture Long Practicing Related
…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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Always Care Past Photograph Present Surpasses Today True
The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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Case Constrain Flight Freedom Imprisoned Land Misconception
I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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Age Beauty Everywhere Internet Nowhere
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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Carries Change Disturbing Intention Media Message
This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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Art Called Contemporary Form Philosophy Society

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