I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
AI WEIWEII 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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I never had a sense of home.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
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