Ai Weiwei

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— Ai Weiwei

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

— Ai Weiwei

I want people to see their own power.

— Ai Weiwei

It [success] is really by mistake.

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The world is sphere, has no East or West.

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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.

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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.

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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.

— Ai Weiwei

To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp

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Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.

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I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many…

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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.

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Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.

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If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.

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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a…

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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

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I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.

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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my…

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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are…

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China seems unpredictable because it has a distinct culture and social system. It is still a mystery to other parts of the…

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For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights…

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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression […] I don’t think anybody can separate…

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Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about…

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People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I…

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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't…

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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would…

— Ai Weiwei

I deal with students every day - from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I've noticed that the…

— Ai Weiwei

For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the…

— Ai Weiwei

I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was…

— Ai Weiwei

The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of…

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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share…

— Ai Weiwei

The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These…

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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…

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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.

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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

— Ai Weiwei

If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.

— Ai Weiwei