Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
AI WEIWEIThe so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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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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I want people to see their own power.
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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don’t think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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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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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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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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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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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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