I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
AI WEIWEII think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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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 rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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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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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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