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They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.

Ai Weiwei

The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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Intension Intention Political Politics Separate
At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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Abroad Educated Government Moment People Student Year Young
Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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Chinese Clearly Country Government Potential Problem Trying
They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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Border Cope Create Deal Election Idea Imbalance Making Meet Political Popularity Selling Solving Voter
And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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Condition Gave Kind Mistreatment Society
If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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Laughing Look Successful
A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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Clear Country Difference Happening Nation Rest Understand Understanding World
If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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Become Giving Up Government Same Saying Thing Thinking
If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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Artist Dignity Else Right Speak Then
China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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Balance Existed Nation One Day Problem Richer Whole World
Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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Content Hand Irrelevant Left Painting Production Scale Someone
Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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Learning New Practice Rewarding Something
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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Controversial Curated Mean People Shock Trying
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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Controlled People Select System Working
It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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Artist Attitude Lifestyle More Producing Realized Symbolic Thing
The society was so different [in China] – it was a feudalistic society. It didn’t come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
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Come Country Different Feudalistic Industrial Point Revolution Society Twenties Year

They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.

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They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.

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