I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
AI WEIWEIIf artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I want people to see their own power.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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