I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
AI WEIWEIBy participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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 wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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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.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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The society was so different [in China] – it was a feudalistic society. It didn’t come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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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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