I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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