For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
AI WEIWEIThe intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
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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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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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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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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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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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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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