You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
AI WEIWEIWe grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Creativity is the power to act.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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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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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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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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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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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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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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I think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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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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