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.
AI WEIWEILife is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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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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Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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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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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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