The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
AI WEIWEIYour own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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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 everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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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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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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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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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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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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