You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
AI WEIWEIA small act is worth a million thoughts.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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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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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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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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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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