People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
AI WEIWEIIt is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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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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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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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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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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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.
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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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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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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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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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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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It’s like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we’ll be going backward.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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