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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.

Ai Weiwei

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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Before Confess Everything Judicial Over Place Stay Suffer System
And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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Condition Gave Kind Mistreatment Society
The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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Burden Changing Responsibility Shoulder World
Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Age Craziness Create Name Time
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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Controversial Curated Mean People Shock Trying
Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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Carries Hopefully Irrelevant Like More People Stories Story Success Successes
I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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Back Beijing Excuse Otherwise Reason Time
A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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Fairytale Music Nation Tragedy
Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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Art Artist Character Course People Thinking
Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Everything Liberty Question Right
There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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Country Culture Fixed Global International More Problem
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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Existence Freedom Plight Powerful Reality Reflected Spiritual Tasted
Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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Disconnected Do Feeling Find Hard Hundred Purpose Real Still Thing Very
This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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Art Called Contemporary Form Philosophy Society
I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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Care Country Crazy Here Museum Shoe Thinking
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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Action Attitude Collapse Day Imagine One Word World

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