Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
AI WEIWEIThe Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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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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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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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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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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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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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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