Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
AI WEIWEIA nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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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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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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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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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’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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The society was so different [in China] – it was a feudalistic society. It didn’t come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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