I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
AI WEIWEIYou’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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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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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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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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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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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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