I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
AI WEIWEII also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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The 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.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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I want people to see their own power.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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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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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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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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