No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
AI WEIWEIAs a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I never regret anything.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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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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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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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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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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