The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
AI WEIWEIThey see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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