The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
AI WEIWEIWe move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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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 intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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