Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
AI WEIWEII also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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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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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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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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