I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
AI WEIWEII came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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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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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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