The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
AI WEIWEIIf people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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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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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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