If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
AI WEIWEITechnology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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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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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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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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