It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
AI WEIWEIEven 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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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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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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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 think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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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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The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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