As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
AI WEIWEISo 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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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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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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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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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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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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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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