Ai Weiwei Quotes, Art Quotes, Character Quotes

Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.

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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 quality of their lives.

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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.

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New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.

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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 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. So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.

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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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Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

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Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.

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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.

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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.

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The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.

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I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

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If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.

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We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen's privacy begins.

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In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

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Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

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

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