It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
AI WEIWEII think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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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.
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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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I think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
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