The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
AI WEIWEIThe practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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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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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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I want people to see their own power.
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A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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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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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don’t think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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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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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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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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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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