Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
AI WEIWEII think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don’t think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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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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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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The [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.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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