What counts in the end is what the government does.
AI WEIWEI[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I 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.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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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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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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