Everyone of us is a potential convict.
AI WEIWEIEveryone of us is a potential convict.
AI WEIWEII hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
AI WEIWEIThis is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
AI WEIWEIIf I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
AI WEIWEIThe Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
AI WEIWEIIf it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
AI WEIWEIIf 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.
AI WEIWEIWhat counts in the end is what the government does.
AI WEIWEIThe media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
AI WEIWEIIn the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
AI WEIWEII don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
AI WEIWEIIt’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.
AI WEIWEI[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
AI WEIWEII never think any place is better than others.
AI WEIWEIThe only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
AI WEIWEII think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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