We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
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More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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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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I want people to see their own power.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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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 my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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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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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 don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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