When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
AI WEIWEIHopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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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.
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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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 don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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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 always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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