I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
AI WEIWEIIt became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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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.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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I want people to see their own power.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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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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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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