But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
AI WEIWEII don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don’t think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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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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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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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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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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