Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
AI WEIWEII think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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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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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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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 also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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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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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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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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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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