That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
AI WEIWEIWe have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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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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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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