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I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.

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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.

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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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Creativity is the power to act.

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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.

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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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Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.

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No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace.

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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

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All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.

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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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I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been preparing for half a year. I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there - any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog. I'm just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.

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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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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.

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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much.

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

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Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.

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So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.

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