I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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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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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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I never regret anything.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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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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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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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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