Today Quotes by Ai Weiwei

16 Today quotes by Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei’s voice cuts through the noise, urging you to notice the power of today. In these sixteen snippets he blends art, activism, and everyday urgency, reminding us that each moment matters.

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If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.

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I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.

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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.

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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a…

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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of…

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I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let…

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I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of…

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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.

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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.

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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…

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How to become a really modern society when today we are so - as a human being, we feel so powerful. We…

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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…

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The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the…

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

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To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died…

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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today's political leaders are still lacking of the vision. They very…

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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

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If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

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Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their…

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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the…

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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.

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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our…

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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 think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets…

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It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road…

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Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world…

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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

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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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