4 Quotes by Ai Weiwei about writing


  • Author Ai Weiwei
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    Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

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  • Author Ai Weiwei
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    I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years. We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet. Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.

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