My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
AI WEIWEIImagine 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?
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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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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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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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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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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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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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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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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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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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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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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