Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
AI WEIWEITo 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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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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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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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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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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I don’t believe in a sense of home.
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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.
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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
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It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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