Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it. Ai Weiwei More Quotes by Ai Weiwei More Quotes From Ai Weiwei The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that's all I know. Ai Weiwei passion motivation moving-forward I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been preparing for half a year. I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there - any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog. I'm just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board. Ai Weiwei chinese years art [Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture. Ai Weiwei care culture people 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. Ai Weiwei government understanding culture If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog. Ai Weiwei blogs cat watches You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it's necessary or that it's not even worth to do it. It's just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities. Ai Weiwei curiosity challenges mean I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future. Ai Weiwei museums past thinking Each year, more people want to become artists. Ai Weiwei artist people years Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred. Ai Weiwei looks art school I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination. Ai Weiwei desert kind imagination The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness. Ai Weiwei fantasy pearls unique I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that. Ai Weiwei nervous artist thinking Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market. Ai Weiwei selling lows mean Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession. Ai Weiwei profession chinese art All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest human performance and send their children to this field. Ai Weiwei children people art For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own. Ai Weiwei opening my-own years Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life. Ai Weiwei purpose real feelings I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child. Ai Weiwei ginsberg children thinking In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares. Ai Weiwei care cities new-york I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure. Ai Weiwei saws crazy kind
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