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.
AI WEIWEII don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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The society was so different [in China] – it was a feudalistic society. It didn’t come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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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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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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I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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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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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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