The 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.
AI WEIWEII 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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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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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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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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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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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 art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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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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