Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
AI WEIWEIMaybe being powerful means to be fragile.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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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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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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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.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
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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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