China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
AI WEIWEIThere’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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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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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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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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