It [success] is really by mistake.
AI WEIWEISociety becomes very destructive.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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We should use this public sphere and redefine – beyond China’s borders – what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen’s privacy begins.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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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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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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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 think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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