To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
AI WEIWEIAny politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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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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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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