The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
AI WEIWEII think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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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. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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