They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
AI WEIWEIA historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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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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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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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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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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