Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
AI WEIWEIMaybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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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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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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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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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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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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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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