He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
AI WEIWEITo give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I never regret anything.
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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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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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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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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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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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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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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
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