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

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Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues - both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.

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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.

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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don't act, then the result is very clear. So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.

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I'm always interested in people who are not orientated in art circles to become part 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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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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The people who control culture in China have no culture.

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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.

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

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I can still wake up the next day and feel that there's something that needs to be done, which always amuses me.

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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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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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Everything is art. Everything is politics.

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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

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I never had a sense of home.

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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.

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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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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.

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For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political. You don't have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.

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