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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.

Ai Weiwei

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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Art Artist Country General Money Star Understanding
Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Age Craziness Create Name Time
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
It [success] is really by mistake.
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Mistake Reality Success
My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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Appreciate Typical Wake Up
If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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Laughing Look Successful
I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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Expression Free Respect Silence
By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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Condition Participating Relate Society Understand Way World
I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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Apply Artwork Blog Country Participated Passport
I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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Importance Important Public Thinking Work
There’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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Country Culture Fixed Global International More Problem
[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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Belong Biggest Cultural Department Museums World
The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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Country Cutting Educational Leadership Military Political Power Structure
Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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Learning New Practice Rewarding Something
As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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Activity Architecture Art Living Practice Publishing Together Total Writing
The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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Enable Feeling Giving Happened Individual Internet Real Turn

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