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I don't think there is a distinct change, because in the West I'm not a person who can serve his purpose.

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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it's necessary or that it's not even worth to do it. It's just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.

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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.

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I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.

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

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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.

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I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.

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New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.

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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.

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If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.

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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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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.

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I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.

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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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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that's all I know.

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The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

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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. Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.

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Each year, more people want to become artists.

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