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China seems unpredictable because it has a distinct culture and social system. It is still a mystery to other parts of the world, even though the veil of China has been lifted many times as a result of globalization.

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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.

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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

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Liberty is about the right to question everything.

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Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.

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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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I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.

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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.

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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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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.

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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

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If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.

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I don't personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.

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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don't act, then the result is very clear. So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.

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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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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.

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Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.'

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I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.

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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.

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