Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
AI WEIWEIIt also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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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 think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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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.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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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 think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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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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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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