[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
AI WEIWEIDictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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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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I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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