You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
AI WEIWEII hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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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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I don’t believe in a sense of home.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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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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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
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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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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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