In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
AI WEIWEIIt is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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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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The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
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There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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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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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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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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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 have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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