We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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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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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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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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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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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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The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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