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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.

Ai Weiwei

In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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End Function Indecisiveness Insecurity Rigidly Thinking
To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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Absurd Always Artwork Giving High Matter Measured Number Price Something
The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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Country Future Government Museums Past Present Professional Year
What counts in the end is what the government does.
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Count Doe End Government
The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Itself Mean Photography Practice Reality Recording
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
Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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Coincidently Death Dictatorship Stories Story Turn
Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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Bigger Building City Crazy Larger More Much Stupid Thinking
It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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Crises Easy Emergencies Government Job Time Waiting
I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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Encourage Expressed Idea People Worldview
We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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Capitalist Country Desire Grew Lacking Luxury Material Materialistic Socialist Today
China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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Communist Confidence Creativity Decision Freedom Imposes Lack Limit Party Speech
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
I never think any place is better than others.
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Better Place Think Thinking
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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Crisis Displaced Home Human Lost Million People Situation Strong Thinking Tragedy
Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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Aside Creativity Imagination Past Potential Reject Seek Status

I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.

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