Ai Weiwei Quotes, Expression Quotes, Way Quotes

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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We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.

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China didn't want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul - which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless, I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.

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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.

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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.

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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.

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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.

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

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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.

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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 freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.

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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness

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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.

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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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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.

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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.

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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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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.

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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.

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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

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