Ai Weiwei on kingdom
Ai Weiwei303 quotes“For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.”
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei 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.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei [Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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