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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.

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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.

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In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

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I never regret anything.

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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

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You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.

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My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more.

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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

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All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.

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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.

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A small act is worth a million thoughts.

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I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

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Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few Western artists - or artists from the United States - that could be considered a true product of his time and brought out that kind of spirit of the culture.

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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.

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We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen's privacy begins.

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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 whole Chinese system - not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society - is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information. That's why the country can't face up to open competition - unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.

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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?

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