Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
AI WEIWEII never had a sense of home.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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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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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don’t think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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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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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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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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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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