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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.

Ai Weiwei

Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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Application Art Look School Statistic Student Ten Thousand
The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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Existence Freedom Plight Powerful Reality Reflected Spiritual Tasted
I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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Art Important Most Stance Thinking Way
To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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Architecture Ass Bad Badass Bureaucrats Complicated Criticism Involved Society
They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
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Ability Adult Beautiful Decision Judgement Lack Learned Proper Skillful Taught Young
The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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Continuously Direction Finished Game Lead Play Possible Project Setting
I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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Beautiful Called Craftsmanship Interested Material Mean Perfect Useless
Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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Art Artist Character Course People Thinking
I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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Care City Cultural Event Great National Nothing Seal Symbol
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.
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Case Constrain Flight Freedom Imprisoned Land Misconception
The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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Chinese Cold Government Relationship War
The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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Civilization Freedom Important Level Society Speech
I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Journalist Lot Spend Talking Time
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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Anger Art Equality Express Joy Life Much Separate
It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
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Always Control Ideology Country Human One Problem Worked
I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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Anything Clear Doubt Giving Man Really Reason

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