In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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.
I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
![Ai Weiwei Quote - [Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/being-unique-gives-so-much-privilege-to-people-who-683x1024.jpg)
![Ai Weiwei Quote - Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/many-people-are-going-to-use-beijing-national-stad-683x1024.jpg)
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