It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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I don’t believe in a sense of home.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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I never had a sense of home.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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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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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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