I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
AI WEIWEIThe 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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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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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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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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It’s like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we’ll be going backward.
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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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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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