Society becomes very destructive.
AI WEIWEIIt is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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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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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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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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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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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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