What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
AI WEIWEIIt’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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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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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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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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