But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
AI WEIWEIThese are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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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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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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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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It [success] is really by mistake.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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