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.
AI WEIWEII think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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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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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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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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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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