What counts in the end is what the government does.
AI WEIWEII don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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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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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.
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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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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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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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