We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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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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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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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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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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I was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it’s like a mafia family’s law. It’s independent to the law this nation openly applies.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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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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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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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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