Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
AI WEIWEIYou have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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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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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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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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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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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 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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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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