Ai Weiwei Quotes, Country Quotes, Culture Quotes

China's culture and history are closely related to my living environment. This country is my birthplace. It is also where I grew up. Its culture and history shape my relations with family, friends, society, and daily life.

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I'm always interested in people who are not orientated in art circles to become part of it.

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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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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

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

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In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

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I never had a sense of home.

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So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.

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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.

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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.

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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.

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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.

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I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism. And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society - the kind of mistreatment society gave him.

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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster. It's like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we'll be going backward.

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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

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Hopefully, other successes aren't like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense.

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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.

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It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.

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I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.

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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

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