Everything is art. Everything is politics.
AI WEIWEILiberty is about the right to question everything.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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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.
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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