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

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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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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.

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Art needs to stand for something.

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The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.

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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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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

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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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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.

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

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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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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.

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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 think I'm just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there's no bridge, you build one. I'm used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology - it's not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China's problems are not just China's problems - they're human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.

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

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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

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