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.
AI WEIWEIEverything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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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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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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I think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
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I 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.
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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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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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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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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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