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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.

Ai Weiwei

It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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Desire Humanity Make Pureness Safe Something Trouble
Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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Changing Country Culture Politics Problem Unpredictable
Society becomes very destructive.
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Destructive Society
[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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Development Everything Fairness Holding Internet Letting Outside People Trail
Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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Clear Lost Nothing Perhaps Totally Way
Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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Better Condition Good Guaranteed Life never Safe Use
If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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Always Condition Ideas Independent Right Want Way
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
For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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Actor Film Hero Kingdom Lying Old Real
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
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 believe in a sense of home.
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Believe Home Sense
A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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Creativity Discuss Healthy Openly Thought Wish
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
I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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Achieve Art Freedom Human Important Thinking Weapon
A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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Biggest Cheap Country Desire Exporting Field Labor Past Production

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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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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