The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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 civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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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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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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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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