My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people.
AI WEIWEIIt’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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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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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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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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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 also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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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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