They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
AI WEIWEIBy participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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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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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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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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