A small act is worth a million thoughts.
AI WEIWEII hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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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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