I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
AI WEIWEIA few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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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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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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