Ai Weiwei Quotes, Numbers Quotes, Giving Quotes

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

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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

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In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

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All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.

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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

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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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There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.

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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.

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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

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

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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.

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Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.

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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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We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen's privacy begins.

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What counts in the end is what the government does.

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[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.

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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.

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