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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.

Ai Weiwei

Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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Art Artist Character Course People Thinking
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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Always Art Been Communication Definition Expression Freedom Same Wall
Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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Learning New Practice Rewarding Something
Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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Anything High Market Mean Purely Selling
Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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Clear Giving Man Often Rational Reaction Reason Tendency Trying
Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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Behavior Certain Country Idea Independent More Open Participate Project
It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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Country Essential Giving People Protect Protecting Society Value
This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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Art Called Contemporary Form Philosophy Society
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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Before Confess Everything Judicial Over Place Stay Suffer System
Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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Aside Creativity Imagination Past Potential Reject Seek Status
The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Collapse Lst People Power Someone Very Weak Whisper Word
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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Art Code Design Everyone Open Secret
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
The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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Continuously Direction Finished Game Lead Play Possible Project Setting
It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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Desire Humanity Make Pureness Safe Something Trouble
I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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Country Election Laughing Man Presidential Thinking

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