I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
AI WEIWEIIt’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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For 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.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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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 always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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