Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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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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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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