A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
AI WEIWEIOrdinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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I never had a sense of home.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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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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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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