The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
AI WEIWEIBeing an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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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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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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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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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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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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