China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
AI WEIWEIIf 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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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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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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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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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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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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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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