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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.

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I want people to see their own power.

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Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

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My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable

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Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

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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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Censorship is saying: "I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine." But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.

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Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom.

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Art needs to stand for something.

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

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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.

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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.

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I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism. And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society - the kind of mistreatment society gave him.

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I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.

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For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.

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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

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The biggest obstacle in interacting with China is the difference in perspectives about basic values. These include issues such as human rights, the concept of law and constitution.

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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.

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