Ai Weiwei Quotes, Government Quotes, Chinese Quotes

Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.

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Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.

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New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.

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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.

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My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.

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Everything is art. Everything is politics.

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I don't think there is a distinct change, because in the West I'm not a person who can serve his purpose.

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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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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.

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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 lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.

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I want people to see their own power.

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Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.

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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.

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

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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

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I was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it's like a mafia family's law. It's independent to the law this nation openly applies. It's the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.

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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.

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Society becomes very destructive.

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