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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.

Ai Weiwei

In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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Decision Immediate Life Major Often Quick Response
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.
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Art Communication Definition Expression Freedom Sound Wall Way
Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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Condition Encourage General Masses People Society Star Unique
Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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Act Change Chinese Kind Society Tell Thinking World
What counts in the end is what the government does.
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Count Doe End Government
Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Everything Liberty Question Right
In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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Crush Discussion Except Negotiation People Power Time Want
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
You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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Amusement Challenge Challenges Curiosity Mean Necessarily Really Temporary
At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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Abroad Educated Government Moment People Student Year Young
Society becomes very destructive.
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Destructive Society
Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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Cathedral Hand Mass People Production Pyramid
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Art Life never Separate
Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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Barrier Border Imagination Intelligence Nationality Possibilities
I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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Country Future Museum Past Present Professional Thinking
Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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Cities Crazy Destroy Enjoy Much Nostalgic

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