The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
AI WEIWEIThe project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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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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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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I was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it’s like a mafia family’s law. It’s independent to the law this nation openly applies.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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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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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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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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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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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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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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