Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
AI WEIWEIThe United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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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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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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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 world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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