It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
AI WEIWEII don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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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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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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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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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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I don’t believe in a sense of home.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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