Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
AI WEIWEIThe rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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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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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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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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