I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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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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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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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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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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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.
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