I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
AI WEIWEIYou’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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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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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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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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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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