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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.

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We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.

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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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The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools collapsed. Thousands of young students lost their lives, and you could see bags and study material everywhere. Then you realize individual life, media, and the lives of the students are serving very different purposes. The lives of the students disappeared within the state propaganda, and very soon everybody will forget everything.

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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.

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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.

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I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.

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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.

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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn't promote it. There isn't a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.

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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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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.

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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.

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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.

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I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.

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For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political. 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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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. So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.

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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.

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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

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