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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

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My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.

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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.

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

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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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My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot appear on the web, because my opinion is different from the Party.

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Liberty is about the right to question everything.

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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.

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Mass production is nothing new. Weren't cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?... Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else's hand, or many people's hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.

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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.

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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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To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive.

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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.

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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful. It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.

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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 we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.

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I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

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