[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
AI WEIWEIThe Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
-
-
If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
AI WEIWEI -
Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
AI WEIWEI -
Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
AI WEIWEI -
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.
AI WEIWEI -
The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
AI WEIWEI -
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.
AI WEIWEI -
I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
AI WEIWEI -
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
AI WEIWEI -
I never had a sense of home.
AI WEIWEI -
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.
AI WEIWEI -
[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
AI WEIWEI -
We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
AI WEIWEI -
Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
AI WEIWEI -
The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
AI WEIWEI -
I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
AI WEIWEI