Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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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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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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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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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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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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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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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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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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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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.
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