Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
AI WEIWEIAny individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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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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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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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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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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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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