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„Я постоянно фотографирую. В мире происходит великое множество вещей, которые стоят того, чтобы взглянуть на них дважды.“

„Настоящее искусство рождается в повседневности.“

„Поиск свободы — это основа человеческой природы.“

„Мне кажется порочной идея Олимпиады. Измерять национальный престиж золотыми медалями — это как измерять мужскую потенцию количеством выпитой виагры.“

„В Китае есть подразделение — кажется, оно называется, «Управление 608», — сотрудники которого следят за людьми самых разных категорий. Я для них важная цель. Они не просто прослушивают мой телефон, проверяют почту и устанавливают камеры везде, где я регулярно появляюсь, — они следуют за мной, даже если я гуляю с сыном в парке.“

„Всё на свете искусство и всё на свете политика.“

„Вчитайтесь в историю любого героя: герой не станет героем, пока не появится монстр.“

„В китайском языке 140 знаков хватит и для того, чтобы соблазнить девушку, и для того, чтобы написать Конституцию.“

„Тоталитарное общество способно создать все, что угодно — кроме страсти и воображения.“

„В Китае все устроено так, что если никто не говорит «нет», это можно воспринимать как «да». Но нет никакой гарантии, что это «да» кто-то одобрил.“

„Из всех уличных видов спорта самый лучший — это швыряние камней в зазнавшуюся власть.“

„Моя страна напоминает мне бегуна, который показывает рекордную скорость, но у которого застарелые проблемы с сердцем.“

“The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.”

“Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?”

“The government may be made up of clever, sensible people. But if they do not believe in basic human values, the more clever or shrewd they are the greater the tragedy they will create.”

“The Chinese authorities think of artists as prostitutes. And in reality it’s true: in the Communist system artists just represent what the power structure seeks them to represent. It is prostitution.”

“The disaster-makers always get away, while the innocent are always punished.”

“Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.”

“Myself, I try to search for the new way, always trying to set up a new possibility and to find the new tools to express myself. To reach a broader audience.”

“I will never leave China, unless I am forced to. Because China is mine. I will not leave something that belongs to me in the hands of people I do not trust.”

“From my experience dealing with Sichuan [after the 2008 earthquake] I started to understand very clearly the character of local government. They will do anything. You will never really wrongly accuse them of anything because they do everything.”

“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.”

“Three years after the CCTV headquarters fire [in Beijing in February 2009], human skeletons lie forgotten. Is anyone accountable?”

“To me, to be political means you associate your work with a larger number of people’s living conditions, and that includes both mental and physical conditions. And you try to use your work to affect the situation.”

“Tax crimes should be investigated by the tax bureau, not through secret police detention.”

“I think restrictions are an essential condition in the fight for freedom of expression. It’s also a source for any kind of creativity.”

“The officials want China to be seen as a cultured, creative nation, but in this anti-liberal political society everything outside the direct control of the state is seen as a potential threat.”

“Cover-ups and deception are the nature of this society. Without lies it won’t exist.”

“Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what’s on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.”

“A fine line separates Chinese intellectuals and professors from the political gangsters who protect them.”

“The most unfair things that could have happened in a society fell upon a blind man. This is something that no one can accept or explain away with any excuse. Everyone will ask: 'Do we actually have to exist in a society like this?”

“I think we have too much history. It’s not so important. I think people should have fun and enjoy their own time. I haven’t done much, so why should I waste people’s memory?”

“We see plenty of artistic work that reflects superficial social conditions, but very little work that questions fundamental values.”

“Every day I think, this will be the day I get taken in again....”

“Why are you so concerned about society?' That is always the question. And my answer is simple: 'Because you are an artist, you have to associate yourself with freedom of expression.”

“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.”

“As an artist, I am very familiar with how to show the details, how to transform them into a language people can understand. They [the government] know that the Internet is a strong force, unbearable for them.”

“It doesn’t matter where I am—China will stay in me. I don’t know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.”

“There is no revolution like the Communist revolution. You simply burn all the books, kill all of the thinking people and use the poor proletariat to create a very simple benchmark to gauge social change.”

“The Sichuan disaster is not the first nor the most wrongful. But all the details of this tragedy will be forgotten, and once again it will be like nothing ever happened. Eventually all these disasters will together create a bizarre miracle called civilization and evolution.”

“I spend very little time just doing '“art as art.'”