I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
AI WEIWEII 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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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.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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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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