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 WEIWEIThere are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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I never regret anything.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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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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The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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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.
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