If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
AI WEIWEIA clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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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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It [success] is really by mistake.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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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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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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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 want people to see their own power.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don’t think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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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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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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