I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
AI WEIWEISay what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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I want people to see their own power.
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