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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.

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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.

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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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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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As a total activity - I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.

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There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.

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Hopefully, other successes aren't like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense.

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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.

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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.

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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today's life and no discussion of the real conditions - which is really sickening. They've become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.

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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.

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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.

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I will never leave China, unless I am forced to. Because China is mine. I will not leave something that belongs to me in the hands of people I do not trust.

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In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

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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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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.

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Art needs to stand for something.

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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.

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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

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