Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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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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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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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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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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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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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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