Ai Weiwei Quotes, Art Quotes, Expression Quotes

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

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

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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. 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. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.

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I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.

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Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.

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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.

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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.

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In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.

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It's really rubbish that some kind of "technical" learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.

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

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Mass production is nothing new. Weren't cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?... Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else's hand, or many people's hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.

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China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.

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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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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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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.

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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.

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

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