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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.

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In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination.

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

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

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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me. These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.

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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

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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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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.

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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.

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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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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.

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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...

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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain

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What counts in the end is what the government does.

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

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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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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.

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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.

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