As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
AI WEIWEII have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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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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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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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.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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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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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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