I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
AI WEIWEII don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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The 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.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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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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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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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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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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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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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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