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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.

Ai Weiwei

For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
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Artist Giving Up Intellectual Mean Needed Responsibility Social
I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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Bit Country Excitement Inch Little Scary Strong Time
If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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Free Life Live Single Speech Vain
Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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Chinese Clearly Country Government Potential Problem Trying
The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Itself Mean Photography Practice Reality Recording
He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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Anyone Calm Cra Danger Knowledge Modern Require Road Technology Vehicle
Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Engage Expression Living Society Strive Way
I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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Country Election Laughing Man Presidential Thinking
Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But at the moment, we had no sense of what the future was going to be like.
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Country Director Future Going Moment Outside Priilied Somehow Time
I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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Citizen Father Party Pushed Writer Writing Young
I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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Art Certainty Creative Extend Idea Imagination Thinking
It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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Desire Humanity Make Pureness Safe Something Trouble
What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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Access Express Important Realm Wish
Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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Plainly Responsibility Responsible Taking
[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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Belong Biggest Cultural Department Museums World
My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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Appreciate Typical Wake Up

Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.

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