Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
AI WEIWEIWhen you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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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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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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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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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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