It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
AI WEIWEIMan has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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I never regret anything.
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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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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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I think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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