Ai Weiwei Quotes, People Quotes, Disturbing Quotes

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

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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself

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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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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me. These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.

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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.

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Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few Western artists - or artists from the United States - that could be considered a true product of his time and brought out that kind of spirit of the culture.

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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.

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

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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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I don't believe in a sense of home.

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I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much. It was just a city with one emperor and the rest of them just rats or meaningless people.

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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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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.

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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that's the true crime.

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

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My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.

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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 don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

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I never regret anything.

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

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