This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
AI WEIWEIThis 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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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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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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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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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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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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