We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
AI WEIWEITo experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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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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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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