In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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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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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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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 the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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