The society was so different [in China] – it was a feudalistic society. It didn’t come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
AI WEIWEICivilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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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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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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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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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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