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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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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.

No autocracy can lead people to believe that they are living in harmony and happiness.

The biggest crime of a dictatorship is to eradicate human feelings from people.

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