You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
AI WEIWEIThe 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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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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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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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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I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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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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