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.
AI WEIWEIDictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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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.
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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 we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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I think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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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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