I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
AI WEIWEIA lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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