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

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It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.

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I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.

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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

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I think I'm just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there's no bridge, you build one. I'm used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology - it's not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China's problems are not just China's problems - they're human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.

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I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

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I never had a sense of home.

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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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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

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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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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom

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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation. So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.

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Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.

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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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Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

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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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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.

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I remember one little rainy day I went searching for this apartment and I saw so many people standing on a stoop on the corner in the rain. Later I realized, that was drug traffic. They were all buying drugs.

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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.

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