The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
AI WEIWEIEach year, more people want to become artists.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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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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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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