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.
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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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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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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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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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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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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