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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Ai Weiwei

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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Burden Changing Responsibility Shoulder World
I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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Back Beijing Excuse Otherwise Reason Time
And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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Competition Ground Hold Ideology Lost Strong Win
I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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Informed Letting Passion People Picture Right Thinking
I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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Care Country Crazy Here Museum Shoe Thinking
It [success] is really by mistake.
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Mistake Reality Success
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
For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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Actor Film Hero Kingdom Lying Old Real
Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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Acceptance Civilization Creativity Evolved Global Thinking Tolerance Understanding
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
In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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End Function Indecisiveness Insecurity Rigidly Thinking
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
I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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Art Important Most Stance Thinking Way
I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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Cities Country Talking Local Resident Spent Time
It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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Crises Easy Emergencies Government Job Time Waiting
We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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Artist Forced Giving Opinion Say Something

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