Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
AI WEIWEIToday, 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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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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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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