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„Gdybym miał nadać obecnej epoce jakąś nazwę, powiedziałbym, że żyjemy w epoce szaleństwa.”

Źródło: rozmowa Henrika Borka, Zadarł z wielkim smokiem, „Süddeutsche Zeitung”, tłum. „Forum”, 11 kwietnia 2011.

„Chińczycy przeżywają właśnie epokę mroku. Jest boom gospodarczy i warunki życia powoli się poprawiają. Jednocześnie Chiny sięgnęły dna, jeśli chodzi o wolność wypowiedzi, ekspresji artystycznej, wychowania. Nasze społeczeństwo obywatelskie znalazło się na dnie.”

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Źródło: rozmowa Henrika Borka, Zadarł z wielkim smokiem, „Süddeutsche Zeitung”, tłum. „Forum”, 11 kwietnia 2011.

„Dla chińskich władz już nie istnieję. Ale przynajmniej na Twitterze, do którego można jednak mieć w Chinach dostęp dzięki pewnym technicznym sztuczkom, czyta mnie 70 tysięcy osób. Tam komentuje problemy społeczne, żeby ludzie zobaczyli, że ogień całkowicie nie wygasł, że iskra jeszcze się tli.”

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Źródło: rozmowa Henrika Borka, Zadarł z wielkim smokiem, „Süddeutsche Zeitung”, tłum. „Forum”, 11 kwietnia 2011.

„Ostatnimi czasy coraz więcej ludzi trafia do więzień tylko dlatego, że napisali coś na Twitterze albo na blogu w internecie. Odłącza im się telefon, śledzi się ich. Milicja w środku nocy włamuje się do mieszkania, przewala wszystko, a potem fabrykuje obciążające dowody. Sądy skazują niewinnych ludzi na dziesięć lat pozbawienia wolności.”

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Źródło: rozmowa Henrika Borka, Zadarł z wielkim smokiem, „Süddeutsche Zeitung”, tłum. „Forum”, 11 kwietnia 2011.

„Niemcy dążą do zbliżenia z Chinami bardziej niż kiedykolwiek wcześniej. Przyszłość tutejszego przemysłu jest całkowicie uzależniona od Chin. Władze w Pekinie wsadzają do więzień wszystkich prawników zajmujących się prawami człowieka, ich rodziny nie mogą ich odwiedzać, a gdy odsiedzą karę, znikają bez śladu. Niemcy nie pytają o ich los, USA też o to nie pyta. Wszyscy zachodni politycy, wszyscy zachodni biznesmeni dobrze wiedzą, co się tam dzieje, ale nic nie mówią. Bo kto chciałby stracić szansę na zrobienie dobrego interesu.”

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Źródło: rozmowa Hannsa Georga-Rodka, Ai Weiwei zamierza opuścić Berlin. Artysta rozlicza Niemców z udawanej otwartości http://wyborcza.pl/naszaeuropa/7,168189,25079550,ai-weiwei-zamierza-opuscic-berlin-artysta-rozlicza-niemcow.html#S.W-K.C-B.5-L.1.maly, wyborcza.pl, 17 sierpnia 2019.

„Niemcy nie są społeczeństwem otwartym. To społeczeństwo, które chciałoby być otwarte, ale chroni przede wszystkim siebie. Kultura niemiecka jest tak silna, że nie akceptuje tak naprawdę innych pomysłów i argumentów. Prawie nie ma przestrzeni na otwarte debaty, żadnego respektu dla innych opinii.”

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„Nie wiem gdzie będę żył. Nie mam ojczyzny, ponieważ Chiny odrzuciły mnie w chwili mojego urodzenia. Kto zna swój cel, ten nie jest już uchodźcą. Ja jestem uchodźcą.”

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„Armia służy partii, banki należą do partii, sądownictwo należy do partii. Co za doskonały system ten państwowy kapitalizm! Z tym nie może konkurować ani USA, ani Europa, gdyż systemy demokratyczne nie są sterowane z góry.”

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Ai Weiwei: Cytaty po angielsku

“Very few people know why art sells so high. I don’t even know.”

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Ai Weiwei, interview in “ Change http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/episode-change,” Episode 1, Season Six, Art: 21—Art in the Twenty-First Century, PBS, April 2012. 2010-, 2012

“The state is taking action against people who have peacefully demonstrated their ideas. They are writers—all they did is to express their minds through the Internet. So the pattern is very clear. The state tries to maintain stability by crushing any thought of making change. It could happen to me, because I did the same thing and in many cases I went much further and deeper. But I always think the government can learn from their mistakes—they should learn and understand; they should be just as intelligent as anyone else.”

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2010-, I have to speak for people who are afraid, 2010

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

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Ai Weiwei on Twitter in English (beta). (December 10, 2011) http://aiwwenglish.tumblr.com/
2010-, Twitter feeds, 2010-12

“Chairman Mao was the first in the world to use Twitter. All his quotations are within 140 words.”

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2000-09, The Bold and the Beautiful, 2009

“They don’t believe in liberty. They don’t believe in China before the Communists. There is only one simple, clear task: to protect their control, to maintain their governing. Which is such a pity.”

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Wines, Michael. “ China’s Impolitic Artist, Still Waiting to Be Silenced http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/world/asia/28weiwei.html?pagewanted=all.” New York Times, November 28, 2009. 2000-09, 2009

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

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Solway, Diane. “Enforced Disappearance.” W Magazine, November 2011.
2010-, 2011

“I don’t feel powerful at all. I am still under this kind of detention, and you know, this is kind of a bail. Even yesterday I realized while trying to take care of the baby, [at] the park, [I had] been secretly followed and it’s quite fragile. Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.”

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2010-, Ai Weiwei Does Not Feel Powerful, 2011

“I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.”

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“ Artist’s Quotes http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/unilever-series-ai-weiwei/artists-quotes”. Excerpted from a conversation with curators Juliet Bingham and Marko Daniel, Beijing, May 31 and June 1, 2010. Tate Museums, UK. 2010-, 2010

“Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.”

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2010-, Life’s Work: Ai Weiwei, 2012

“Antiques exist as evidence of the cultural tracks we made in the past.”

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2000-09, Truth to Power, 2009

“I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.”

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Osnos, Evan. “ It’s Not Beautiful: An Artist Takes On the System http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/05/24/100524fa_fact_osnos?currentPage=all.” New Yorker, May 24, 2010, 54–63. 2010-, 2010

“I think the government [will] lose the battle. Because for a nation to develop, the government needs to correct the information, they need to have a space for people to be involved, to discuss, to participate in the change. Otherwise, I don’t think they can really last in this kind of development, because economically it goes so fast but politically it stays the same as many, many years ago. I think even the government senses that this is impossible.”

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Ai Weiwei, “In China, Is Censorship the Mother of Creativity?” Interview on The Stream, Aljazeera, April 16, 2012.
2010-, 2012

“I loved New York—every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong—visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.”

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2010-, I have to speak for people who are afraid, 2010

“I think strategically China has come to a very crucial moment. They [the government] have to re-justify themselves. Even the past 20 to 30 years are based on a kind of destructive, suicidal act. Now they are trying to reach a higher level, but I think in any society, culture should have its own rights: not to be touched by the government, not to be promoted by the government, also not to be destroyed by the government.”

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Gill, Chris. “ Ai Weiwei: ‘To use art is not enough.’ http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/“To-use-art-is-not-enough”/19818” Art Newspaper, December 3, 2009. 2000-09, 2009

“When I checked into a hospital [in Germany, after having been beaten by police in Sichuan], I was told there was bleeding in my brain and I was near fatal collapse. I was rushed into surgery. When I awoke I felt like a normal person again. But I will not feel whole until I and my fellow Chinese can live freely.”

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2000-09, An Artist’s Ordeal. 2009

“They [the government] cannot stop people from communicating freely, to get information and to express themselves. When they do that, this nation is not a right place to live. They sacrifice generations of people’s opportunities. This is a crime.”

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2010-, Ai Weiwei: The Dissident, 2011

“They [the government] really want to maintain power. At the same time, they refuse to communicate. They refuse to have good intentions. They refuse to be sincere. How can that last?”

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2010-, Ai Weiwei: The Dissident, 2011

“Maybe there is something I got from it. Maybe you also start to be clear on certain things.”

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2010-, Ai Weiwei: 'Every day I think, this will be the day I get taken in again...', 2011

“It is absurd that so much money has been wasted on manipulating public opinion, on simulating emotion. This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. “Made-in-China” goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can’t manufacture the happiness of our people.”

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2000-09, Happiness Can’t Be Faked, 2008

“They know too many things they should not know and they do not know some things they need to know.”

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Moore, Malcolm. " 'Ai Weiwei: "The police can be very tough, but I can be tougher sometimes.”' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/9299885/Ai-Weiwei-The-police-can-be-very-tough-but-I-can-be-tougher-sometimes.html," in: Telegraph, May 30, 2012. 2010-, 2012

“Expressing oneself is like a drug. I’m so addicted to it.”

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2000-09, The Bold and the Beautiful, 2009

“I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.”

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2010-, Ai Weiwei Does Not Feel Powerful, 2011

“We should leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth, and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war, and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern, and good intentions.”

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“ Why I’ll Stay Away from the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/07/olympics2008.china.” Guardian, August 7, 2008. 2000-09, 2008

“The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.”

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“ Ai Weiwei: Artistic Licence http://www.economist.com/node/21554178.” Economist, May 5, 2012. 2010-, 2012

“The fundamental problem is not that there are limits on voicing different opinions here. The problem is that the whole society is dying through lack of responsibility or involvement.”

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2000-09, Truth to Power, 2008

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

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Ai Weiwei on Twitter in English (beta). http://aiwwenglish.tumblr.com/ (January 10, 2011)
2010-, Twitter feeds, 2010-12

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

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2010-, The City: Beijing, 2011

“My blog is an extension of my thinking. Why should I deform my thinking simply because I live under a government that espouses an ideology which I believe to be totally against humanity?”

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2000-09, Truth to Power, 2008

“I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.”

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“ Artist’s Quotes http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/unilever-series-ai-weiwei/artists-quote.” Excerpted from a conversation with curators Juliet Bingham and Marko Daniel, Beijing, May 31 and June 1, 2010. Tate Museums, UK. 2010-, 2010

“A land that rejects the truth, barricades itself against change and lacks the spirit of freedom is hopeless.”

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2000-09, Ai Weiwei, Nursing Head Wound, Sharpens Criticism, 2009