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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.

Ai Weiwei

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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Influence Interview Understood Warhol Work Writing
I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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Decide Looks New Shattering Thinking Valuable Way
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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Being Clearly Human Mind Responsibility Society State Way
A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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Created Ethics Historical Mean Moral Revived Society
Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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Chinese Clearly Country Government Potential Problem Trying
Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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Attitude Change Enterprises Individual Made Started
You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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Clear Expression March Mean Minded Own Tiananmen
I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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Importance Important Public Thinking Work
No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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Claim Established Human Right Society State
I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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Across Book Bridge Ginsberg Having Traveler Walk
You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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Criticism Function Money Society Star Turn Work
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
A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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Country Internet More Powerful Scared State
Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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Age Economy Globalization Internet Jump Today
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
That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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Competition Country Face Measure Open Resort

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