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New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.

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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.

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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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My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have some kind of a desire. It's a surviving game, people trying to survive on many different levels.

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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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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.'s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.

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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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Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.

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I think it's more important to show your work to the public.

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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.

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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.

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The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

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It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.

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It's really rubbish that some kind of "technical" learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.

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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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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.

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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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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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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.

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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.

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