Ai Weiwei Quotes, Age Quotes

I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.

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I don't personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.

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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.

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It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.

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Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

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I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.

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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.

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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.

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Art needs to stand for something.

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If I walk on the street, if I go to a restaurant, people come to me and say: "Can we take a photo together? Can you give me your autograph?" They would bring their expensive Armani or Prada wallet to sign. Other people who are desperate show me a photo of their dead daughter and ask: Can you support me? I tell them: How can I? Morally, of course, I sympathize with you. But I cannot support you and you cannot support me. This is the condition of this society. We are separated.

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I never think any place is better than others.

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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'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do; I cannot finish them now.

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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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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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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

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Creativity is the power to act.

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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.

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My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have some kind of a desire. It's a surviving game, people trying to survive on many different levels.

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