Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
AI WEIWEIA nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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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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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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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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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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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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