A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I never think any place is better than others.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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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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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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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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It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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