The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
AI WEIWEII believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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I never had a sense of home.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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