The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
AI WEIWEINow many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
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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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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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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. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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