If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
AI WEIWEII 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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There 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.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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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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