During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
AI WEIWEIImagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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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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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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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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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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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 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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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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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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