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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.

Ai Weiwei

I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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Abstract Art Everybody Freedom Need Thinking
The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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Country Crises Little Possibility Rest Understand World
I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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Bear Independent Responsibility System Totally
I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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Confuse Confused Later People Realize Something Want
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 lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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Artist Cities New York
Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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Delay Freedom Human Moment Nature Stupidity Succeed Winning
I want people to see their own power.
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Own People Power Want
Each year, more people want to become artists.
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Artist People Year
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
Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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Country Freedom Heart More Powerful Take
Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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Barbie Freedom Modern Speech World
I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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Age Beauty Everywhere Internet Nowhere
Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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Aside Creativity Imagination Past Potential Reject Seek Status
I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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Importance Important Public Thinking Work
Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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Art Artist Character Course People Thinking

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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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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