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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.

Ai Weiwei

I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
AI WEIWEI

Country Election Laughing Man Presidential Thinking
[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
The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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Civilization Freedom Important Level Society Speech
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.
AI WEIWEI

Anger Bridge Burn Injustice Release Tension Unless Victim
I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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Cities Designed Event Seat Stadium Stated Toilet
For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
AI WEIWEI

Actor Film Hero Kingdom Lying Old Real
I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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Become Born More Radical
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
Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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Brainwashed Choice Free Jailed Lying Wake Walking
This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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Art Called Contemporary Form Philosophy Society
Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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Plainly Responsibility Responsible Taking
Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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Clear Giving Man Often Rational Reaction Reason Tendency Trying
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 think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
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Bridge Build Chinese Express Humanity On Thinking Traveler
For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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Breathe Express Heart Long Myself Pumping
The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
AI WEIWEI

Forward Game Involved Motivation Moving Passion People

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