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.
AI WEIWEIIn this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Creativity is the power to act.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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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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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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