Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
AI WEIWEIYou start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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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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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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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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