We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
AI WEIWEIA clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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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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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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I was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it’s like a mafia family’s law. It’s independent to the law this nation openly applies.
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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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It 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.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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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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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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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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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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