It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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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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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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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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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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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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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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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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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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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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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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