Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
AI WEIWEI
Being 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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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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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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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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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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