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.
AI WEIWEIBehind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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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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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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