A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
AI WEIWEICreativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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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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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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