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.
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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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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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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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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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 curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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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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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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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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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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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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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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