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 WEIWEII think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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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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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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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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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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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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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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