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.
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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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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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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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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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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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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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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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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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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