Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
AI WEIWEIIf a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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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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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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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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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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