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

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The people who control culture in China have no culture.

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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.

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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.

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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.

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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.

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I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.

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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.

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The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.

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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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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.

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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.

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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.

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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.

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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

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In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

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