You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
AI WEIWEIOverturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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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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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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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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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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