I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
AI WEIWEIFor artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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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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I never regret anything.
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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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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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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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