The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
AI WEIWEIIf a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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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 believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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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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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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