Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
AI WEIWEII grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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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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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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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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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
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So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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I was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it’s like a mafia family’s law. It’s independent to the law this nation openly applies.
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