If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
AI WEIWEIA small act is worth a million thoughts.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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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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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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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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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
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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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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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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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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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