We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
AI WEIWEIWhen human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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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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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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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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.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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