For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
AI WEIWEIPeople have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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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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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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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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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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I think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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I never regret anything.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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