Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
AI WEIWEIThe museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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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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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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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.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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