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I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.

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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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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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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.

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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

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

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The world is sphere, has no East or West.

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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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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world.

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China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.

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I never had a sense of home.

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You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.

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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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I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.

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

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I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

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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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