I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
AI WEIWEIThe leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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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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Creativity is the power to act.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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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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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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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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