That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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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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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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