It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
AI WEIWEIIn my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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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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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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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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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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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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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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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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