If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
AI WEIWEIBeing an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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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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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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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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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of 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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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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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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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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