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"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor."

"Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back."

"I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?"

"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one."

"It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover."

"That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen."
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"Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate."

"My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures."

"Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun."

"I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China."

"I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience."

"Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie."
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