Ai Weiwei Quotes, Tragedy Quotes, Fairytale Quotes

A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.

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Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.

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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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China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.

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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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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

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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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Hopefully, other successes aren't like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense.

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I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.

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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.

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I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.

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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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The people who control culture in China have no culture.

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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.

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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.

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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.

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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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