I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
AI WEIWEII think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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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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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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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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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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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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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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