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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.

Ai Weiwei

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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Behavior Certain Country Idea Independent More Open Participate Project
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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Artistic Beauty Choice Choices Expression Freedom Need Participation Society
They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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Case Collaborator Conspiracy Criminal Happening Hide Kind Public Trying
Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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Coincidently Death Dictatorship Stories Story Turn
So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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Acceptable Citizen Course Difference Often People Politician Strong
I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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Art Code Design Everyone Open Secret
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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Association Culture Feel Kind Personality Power Related State Thinking
Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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Changing Country Culture Politics Problem Unpredictable
If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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Laughing Look Successful
I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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Artist Cities New York
I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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Board Bringing Country Pay Place Room Show Them
[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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Aesthetic Discussion Giving Make Moral People Privilege Rather Some Unique
They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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Defend Difficulty Dramatic Handle Idea Liberal Men Women Shame Show
Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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Attitude Change Enterprises Individual Made Started
The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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Existence Freedom Plight Powerful Reality Reflected Spiritual Tasted
A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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Country Internet More Powerful Scared State

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