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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.

Ai Weiwei

We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Culture Everything Overexposed Popular Living
A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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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
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.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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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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