Ai Weiwei Quotes, Moving Quotes, Years Quotes

I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

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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 and becoming even more unpredictable. There's no such thing as "fixed" culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems. Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I'll find my way - or get totally lost.

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

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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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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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If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.

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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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In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

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This so-called fame or being better off doesn't really attract me at all.

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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.

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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?

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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 things to do; I cannot finish them now.

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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don't design it, somebody else has to design it.

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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.

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Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.

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My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable

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Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.

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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.

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