We should use this public sphere and redefine – beyond China’s borders – what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen’s privacy begins.
AI WEIWEII think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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I want people to see their own power.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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