If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
AI WEIWEIThe [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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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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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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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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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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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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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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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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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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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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