If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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I don’t believe in a sense of home.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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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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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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