It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
AI WEIWEIHad I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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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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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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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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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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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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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
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