The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
AI WEIWEII think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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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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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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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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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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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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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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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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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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