In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
AI WEIWEIBehind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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I never regret anything.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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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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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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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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I never had a sense of home.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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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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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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