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I never think any place is better than others.

Ai Weiwei

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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Artist Forced Giving Opinion Say Something
A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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Always Obstacles Question Spending Thinking Time
Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Engage Expression Living Society Strive Way
Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Age Craziness Create Name Time
There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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Country Culture Fixed Global International More Problem
Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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Disconnected Do Feeling Find Hard Hundred Purpose Real Still Thing Very
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
Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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Carries Hopefully Irrelevant Like More People Stories Story Success Successes
The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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Chinese Cold Government Relationship War
You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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Amusement Challenge Challenges Curiosity Mean Necessarily Really Temporary
The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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Burden Changing Responsibility Shoulder World
I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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Crisis Displaced Home Human Lost Million People Situation Strong Thinking Tragedy
I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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Believe Country Personal Structured Success Thinking
This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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All Attract Better Called Fame
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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Direct Father Independent Influence Thinking
And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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Competition Ground Hold Ideology Lost Strong Win

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