I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
AI WEIWEIWe never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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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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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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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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The 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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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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