There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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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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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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