Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
AI WEIWEIEven if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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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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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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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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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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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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