You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
AI WEIWEIChina hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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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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