Ai Weiwei Quotes, Men Quotes, Thinking Quotes

I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own - cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.

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New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.

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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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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.

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There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for progress. This will lead to the country's eventual downfall.

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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.

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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.

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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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Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.

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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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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

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Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?

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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.

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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 demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.

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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.

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Each year, more people want to become artists.

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