[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
AI WEIWEII want people to see their own power.
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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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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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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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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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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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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