As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
AI WEIWEIThrough my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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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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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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