Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
AI WEIWEIIf people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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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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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human 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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I want people to see their own power.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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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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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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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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