Ai Weiwei Quotes, Spiritual Quotes, Reality Quotes

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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I will never leave China, unless I am forced to. Because China is mine. I will not leave something that belongs to me in the hands of people I do not trust.

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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.

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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

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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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I don't believe in a sense of home.

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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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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It's not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.

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

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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 can still wake up the next day and feel that there's something that needs to be done, which always amuses me.

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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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The people who control culture in China have no culture.

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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

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It [success] is really by mistake.

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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

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I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.

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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.

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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.

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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.

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