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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.

Ai Weiwei

[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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Art Attitude Culture Long Practicing Related
To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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Express Need Reason Yourself
Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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Changing Country Opening Past Society Year
In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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Deal Democratic Dictatorship Kind Society Totalitarian
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
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Art Communication Definition Expression Freedom Sound Wall Way
Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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Citizen Country Creativity Decision Detrimental Effect Experiencing
In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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Ago Art Contemporary Museum Until Year
I never regret anything.
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Anything never Regret
We should use this public sphere and redefine – beyond China’s borders – what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen’s privacy begins.
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Allowed Border Country Government Public Redefine Sphere
When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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Censorship Education Full Internet Issues Strict Student View World Young
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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Country Dream Extraordinary Game Gather Moment Week Year
The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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Avoid Belief Carrodes Denies Ignorant Mankind Minded Misunderstanding Narrow Warmth
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
I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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Decide Looks New Shattering Thinking Valuable Way
Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
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Contribute Government Individual Long Made People Thinking
I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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Architecture Believe Best Collaboration Made Product

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