Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
AI WEIWEII don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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I think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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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.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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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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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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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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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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