Ai Weiwei Quotes, Age Quotes, Today Quotes

Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.

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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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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.

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What counts in the end is what the government does.

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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

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

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China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.

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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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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp

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Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.

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I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.

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The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools collapsed. Thousands of young students lost their lives, and you could see bags and study material everywhere. Then you realize individual life, media, and the lives of the students are serving very different purposes. The lives of the students disappeared within the state propaganda, and very soon everybody will forget everything.

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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.

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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.

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

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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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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.

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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.

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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

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

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