Ai Weiwei Quotes, Passion Quotes, Independent Quotes

In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination.

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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.

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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.

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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.

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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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All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.

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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.

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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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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that's all I know.

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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.

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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.

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It [success] is really by mistake.

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A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.

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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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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.

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To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive.

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Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.

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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.

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I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

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