The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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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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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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