The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
AI WEIWEINationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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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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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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I want people to see their own power.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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