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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.

Ai Weiwei

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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Action Attitude Collapse Day Imagine One Word World
Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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Border Idea Interest Move Own Physical Problem Solving Voter
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
[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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Care Culture Furthest Maybe People Understand
These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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Control Creative Folk Government Head Ironic Ultimately
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
Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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Conclusion Mine People Quiet Saying Sentence Tree Voice
Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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Country Course Easy Good Kind Luxury Made Relative
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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Abstract Care City Country Enough Large Nobody Quite Stuck
We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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Lacking Leader Moving Political Sititaion Today Vision
If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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Kind Law Nobody Protect Society
To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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Country Critical Dangerous Figure Government Media Symbolic
I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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Cities Designed Event Seat Stadium Stated Toilet
Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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Better Condition Good Guaranteed Life never Safe Use
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
I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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Country Opportunity Partner Strategic Strong Winning

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