I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
AI WEIWEIIf a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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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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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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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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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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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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