I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
AI WEIWEIEverything 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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 am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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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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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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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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