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,
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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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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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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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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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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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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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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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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