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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.

Ai Weiwei

Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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Anything Country Crazy Meaningful Think Thinking Wrong
We should use this public sphere and redefine – beyond China’s borders – what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen’s privacy begins.
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Allowed Border Country Government Public Redefine Sphere
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
Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Everything Liberty Question Right
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Art Life never Separate
Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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Plainly Responsibility Responsible Taking
I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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Architecture Believe Best Collaboration Made Product
I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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Achieve Art Freedom Human Important Thinking Weapon
This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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Country Dream Extraordinary Game Gather Moment Week Year
Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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Aside Creativity Imagination Past Potential Reject Seek Status
I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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China Feelings This Society
Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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Anger Bridge Burn Injustice Release Tension Unless Victim
Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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Influence Interview Understood Warhol Work Writing
You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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Empty Many Museum Need Otherwise Show Somebody West Work
It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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Artist Attitude Lifestyle More Producing Realized Symbolic Thing
The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Collapse Lst People Power Someone Very Weak Whisper Word

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