There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
AI WEIWEII’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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