To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
AI WEIWEIWe literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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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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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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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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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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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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