[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
AI WEIWEIIn a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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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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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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