It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
AI WEIWEIPeople have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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I never regret anything.
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I never had a sense of home.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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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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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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