I came to art because I wanted to escape the other regulations of the society. The whole society is so political. But the irony is that my art becomes more and more political. (Ai Weiwei)

I came to art because I wanted to escape the other regulations of the society. The whole society is so political. But the irony is that my art becomes more and more political.

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