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.
AI WEIWEIThe project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
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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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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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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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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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