Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
AI WEIWEIThat’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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 don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security.
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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