That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
AI WEIWEIOrdinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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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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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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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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I never think any place is better than others.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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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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In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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