I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
AI WEIWEIIn this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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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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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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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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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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