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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.

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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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