I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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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 have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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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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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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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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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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