I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But at the moment, we had no sense of what the future was going to be like.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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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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This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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