It [success] is really by mistake.
AI WEIWEIThis is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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