You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
AI WEIWEIThe misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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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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The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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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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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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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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