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

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My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot appear on the web, because my opinion is different from the Party.

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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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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

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Everyone of us is a potential convict.

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I want people to see their own power.

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All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.

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I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish of sand is a good metaphor because we have the Internet. We don't have to be physically united. You can be an individual and have your own set of values but join others in certain struggles. There is nothing more powerful than that.

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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.

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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.

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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

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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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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.

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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.

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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that's the 1980s. New York in the '80s was not so interesting. I think it's quite narrow-minded. There wasn't much encouragement or opportunities for any artist - not just Chinese artists.

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Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But at the moment, we had no sense of what the future was going to be like.

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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

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The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.

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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.

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Modern Chinese culture is weak and lackluster.

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