There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
AI WEIWEIDuring the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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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’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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I never regret anything.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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